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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by VRay on Monday June 28, 2021 @04:28PM (#27667593)
Yeah, it's really infuriating.. Reddit consumed most of the cool niche forums on the internet, and now it's slowly mashing them all up into a bland Facebook clone
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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by malka on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:07PM (#27668137)
Embrace, extand, extinguish.

Never, ever trust an incorporated company.

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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by throaway3141593 on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:15PM (#27668945)
Does that include the Mozilla Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation?
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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by Scoundreller on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:21PM (#27668313)
A lot of those niche forums were already being killed by VerticalScope and InternetBrands.

It’s a lot of what lead to Reddit’s popularity in the first place.

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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by Dracophoenix on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:23PM (#27669044)
I don't think I've hear of heard of VerticalScope but I aware of Internet Brands. What niche forums did they kill?
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Re:The 'Fuck You' Pattern by Scoundreller on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @12:54AM (#27671930)
VS bought out a lot of the automotive forums. Also now owners of RedFlagDeals if you're a Canadian.

Surprisingly difficult to find a complete list.

There's 100% an opportunity for someone to bring on a bunch of subreddit admins into starting a new automotive forum network. Reddit and Facebook don't work well for car stuff.

https://old.reddit.com/r/4x4/comments/hw1p3a/vertical_scope_...

Also a bunch of tech and gun forums. Supposedly over 1000 properties, but it's not like I'm going to recognize that they own "mothering.com"

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