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traditional forums still exist

the problem with reddit is that there is too much news, outrage, and hype there.

They still exist, but they have been dying. There are a few niche forums that still hold on to users, but the proliferation of subreddits leaks people away.

I visit no forums today, whereas when I grew up it was a majority of my online-life.

I agree with this wholly. I used to play chess on a service called FICS and it had a decent social scene in some ways for someone who was growing up geek in a town that wasn't really giving avenues for it (I grew up in the rural Midwest...it's no rural south but it's not great either) I went back recently and it's usershio is wwaaaay down

Well, I think like every other loosely federated communication system from the 90s (except email), the scene has moved on to a couple proprietary platforms providing a better user experience. lichess.org and chess.com have pretty good scenes now, and you can still make friends there.

Thanks for those recs I'm checking theM out now!

That's interesting now that I think about it....I do still belong to a few forums for dedicated topics, and they are always such friendlier places than reddit.

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