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TrackerFFtoday at 10:41 AM0 repliesview on HN

I'm still an active user in two different "crappy" old forums where the posts are shown in sequential order.

Let me tell you one thing, after having used reddit/hackernews tree-like structure for years, it is hard - extremely hard - to go back to using the older types of forums.

The problem is that they need very active moderation. It only takes two users to completely derail a thread, or clutter up everything. When you have two users that start arguing / discussing, it completely ruins the flow for everyone else. Also, jumping back and forth from page to page is annoying.

That's the logistical aspect of it.

Most older forums I used, seems to have migrated to facebook groups years ago.