Do not mention "Indefinitely". Some nutty squirrel might get triggered, take his forum and go home.
Do not mention "Indefinitely". Some nutty squirrel might get triggered, take his forum and go home.The writing had really been on the wall for a while now, SSD reviews vanished, GPU reviews vanished, and the one/two guys actually good at in depth CPU reviews went independent.
I'm glad corporate is keeping the forums around but I don't feel optimistic about their promise of keeping us around indefinitely. If they have no intentions of trying to retain or hire new writers for the site I can't see them keeping the investment here for much longer than the next 5 years.
It all just leaves me wondering, maybe things could have been different. But maybe people abandoning tech journalism is just the natural course.
I sure hope not.Do not mention "Indefinitely". Some nutty squirrel might get triggered, take his forum and go home.
I sure hope not.
Unless you mean our great furry friend !
Otherwise, it is another extremist that destroys a library that holds proof the extremist is insane.
It is either that, or the people just have become to dumb :
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Reading ? You must be mental man !
Just listen to podcasts or watch youtube. Teaches you everything without needing to think or check versus reality !
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One may have access to google but even when logging in, have you not noticed that the search engine no longer keeps track of your search history ?Dude qas arguing about what indefinitely means, like no one has access to google.
It's not as dead as I thought:Mosh has a kinda-dead forum too at neffers.com. If you don't remember Mosh you probably don't belong there.
» Mosh Que Rade - 31 Aug, 5:26 am -- Good members from ATOT welcome! (that excludes some of you
Or for as long as the corporate masters keep paying the bills…Meanwhile, the forum page header still says: "Seeking answers? Join the AnandTech community: where nearly half-a-million members share solutions and discuss the latest tech".
Poignant.
To be fair, it's not as if the main site and the forums hadn't diverged for a while now... I was quite surprised, for instance, to see that the comments under the last CPU story - https://www.anandtech.com/show/21524/the-amd-ryzen-9-9950x-and-ryzen-9-9900x-review - were not reflected in the forum.
The forum will go on for as long as its members will care to come here and share information. Let's keep the lights up for as long as possible, then.
Which they will continue to do as long as we keep watching ads.Or for as long as the corporate masters keep paying the bills…
We have ads?Which they will continue to do as long as we keep watching ads.
I would think it's mostly bots.#1 reason to go with www.anyf.ca is that:
we don't have to wonder if Future will pay the bills
it won't be dependent on ad impressions
we won't get caught up in Reddit (or Lemmy) nonsense
the forum is mostly vacant, meaning whoever shows up can imprint their own culture/ideals/way of doing things on the forum
The only wildcard is if @Red Squirrel will keep it running, which is something he's done in the past
However, it would probably not be a good idea to migrate until we're sure the AT forums are going to follow the main site and enter archive mode.
Meanwhile, the AT forums still get a lot of visits and views. A LOT OF THEM. Like millions of views for certain hot threads. Granted some of that may be AI scraper/bot traffic. Regardless, ambitious community members could probably put together a Tiktok or YouTube channel just using forum content alone, assuming Future didn't pitch a fit over content rights.
Must not be Hooters ads or shorty would still be here.That's what I've heard.
Thanks for all you've done.ironically I can't even reset my password on the main site to log in and reply there...
just dropping in to say goodbye.
i loved writing for AnandTech. i loved these forums too. sad to see this happen.
wish there was something more special to mark the end than just one last goodbye article.
really glad the forms are sticking around.
see y'all around.
We'll be here as long as they allow it.really glad the forms are sticking around.
Best consumer advocates in the PC space. Major investments in tools, tech, and training to use them. Supports charities and gives away the prebuilt PCs they review. Does not accept gifts from any company as it's a conflict of interest. They fly on their own dime. They have even started putting everything in written form for those of you without the time or desire to watch videos.Yeah, Steve's getting an ego, but I wouldn't say he's sensationalist yet. Just my opinion. GN still does a lot of deep dives and generally quality journalism, IMO.