Normies don't use internet forums. Remember WHY reddit had the redesign? Normies won't use a website if it doesn't have ultra simple UI with flashy colors and emojis everywhere.
Free Republic still has one of the best forum designs, in my opinion. It's simple and easy to read, unlike the Reddit design, which theDonald copied, in which the top post gets most of the replies and goes quickly off the rail on some irrelevant tangent.
The other thing FR does better is that threads are ranked according to actual popularity, rather than being lucky enough to get stickied by a mod.
That said, the mods at FR are biased against sources they don't like. I quit ten years ago, when my Alex Jones links kept getting deleted.
Normies don't use internet forums. Remember WHY reddit had the redesign? Normies won't use a website if it doesn't have ultra simple UI with flashy colors and emojis everywhere.
Content is King
I wish that were true. If it were, Free Republic would still be prominent.
Free Republic still has one of the best forum designs, in my opinion. It's simple and easy to read, unlike the Reddit design, which theDonald copied, in which the top post gets most of the replies and goes quickly off the rail on some irrelevant tangent.
The other thing FR does better is that threads are ranked according to actual popularity, rather than being lucky enough to get stickied by a mod. That said, the mods at FR are biased against sources they don't like. I quit ten years ago, when my Alex Jones links kept getting deleted.