fschmidt wrote:The problem is that every forum is an echo chamber full of morons who only want to hear their own views repeated by others and never want any of their views to be challenged. This system guarantees the preservation of bad ideas and prevents truth from reaching most people.
Might be so. I think, you are right. Well, every forum is somewhat the mirror of the admin/owner. - In small private forums like HappierAbroad or NiceGuy it's just like that and I see no change in future.
In big forums, like those of news agencies, situation is much worse due to full automatic moderation. Sometimes your comment appears, sometimes not. There is hardly any dialog among members anymore existing.
Do you know how many are considering HappierAbroad or Niceguy as an echo chamber full of morons? And on the other side, there are many who think that's the best website/forum they ever found on the internet?
There are no solutions, only work-arounds for an individual, I think.
1 - you have the option to join a certain forum, you think which fits you,
2 - you have the option to create your own internet site (blogs, forums, etc. whatever you like),
3 - you have the option to retire from the internet and not to be active anymore (clearly there are now many who are tired of it)
What else?