# Howard Rheingold – Why Use Forums?

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**Created:** [November 8, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/howard-rheingold-why-use-forums/5887 "2023-11-08T02:40:28Z")\
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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ViFs3RUhYzw/hqdefault.jpg "Howard Rheingold- Why Use Forums?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViFs3RUhYzw)

Infinite Conversations: keeping it Old School.

Methinks it’s time that the structured discussion and knowledge building of community forums make a comeback… if only we could wrest our brains back from the endless algorithmic scroll and attention-hijacking of the last 15 years of social media.

Here is another article on the same topic:

> **[Breaking up with Slack and Discord: why it's time to bring back forums. —...](https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/breaking-up-with-slack-and-discord-why-its-time-to-bring-back-forums)**
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> When I first found my people online, forums were the main way people gathered to discuss shared interests. Web-based bulletin boards allowed members to have ongoing, asynchronous conversations over days or weeks as participants logged in to read and...