This article is on Medium, which has a paywall. I’m a member, but not logged in. I was able to read it so it may depend on how many times you’ve read Medium articles.
One point he made that I found interesting was:
So, in light of all of this, should Reddit even exist? Is there really a point to a web forum in 2023? Aren’t we past all that?
He thinks we are. I never thought about it before. Maybe in the case of some Reddit subreddits and other forums, but I don’t think so in general. I’ve got a lot great information from forums.
That’s definitely a fair point that I hadn’t considered. I feel that posts not being searchable should be default for certain communities, but having easy search for things like tech support and product reviews like Reddit did would be a huge help with growing the platform.
@CosmicApe @curt @Hedup @techno156 @cosmic_skillet I just realized you are on kbin. I guess it makes sense for kbin and lemmy to have searchability function but Mastodon users won’t be very open to it.