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Ask HN: What are some more authentic online forums?

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Thanks for the update; I no longer roll and don't follow the sport very much, but it makes me sad to hear that all-devouring reddit is eating Sherdog. I suspect the future of forums is going to be stuff which is kicked off of platforms. For example: right wing people kicked out of reddit, or nude enthusiast types formerly of Tumblr or whatever. There's probably a r/bodybuilding reddit, but I bet it's tame and lame co…

Thanks for giving me an excuse to discuss Sherdog on HN! They're the two places I hang out most. Somehow, I suspect the intersection of their user bases is pretty tiny...

where do you go on sherdog to find good content? My experience with sherdog has always been constant shitposting and inflammatory posts. Of course, my only window into sherdog is browsing the highlighted forum threads on the front page for the past decade, which is probably exacerbating the problem.

Re: Ask HN: What are some more authentic online forums?

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Something Awful is great, at least partly because the paywall (if you aren't logged in you see a very restricted view of the site, with a profanity filter on top) and $10 USD joining fee combined with the active moderation team is very effective at stopping rule breakers - you can rejoin (for another $10) if you get banned, but if you continue to be odious you will eventually get permabanned (which I think extends to preventing any credit cards associated with you from purchasing new accounts). There are a few serial pests who keep trying regardless, but they number in the single or low tens of people.
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