Well it’s been a LONG time....

[Kaido]

There is hope... I used to drive a Chevy Cruze Eco, probably the most boring car in the planet. Once my kid got big enough to buckle herself, I swapped it out for a Mustang GT

The 6g Mustang is a surprisingly family-friendly car. It's pretty dang easy to pop kids into the back with how quickly the front seat pops forward! If I had a garage for winter storage, I'd love to get one. Especially that new Bullitt...mmm.

 

[Zeze]

i could argue both sides, but why bother. Some forums still seem active and have adapted decently, others haven’t.

It's hard to adapt period when in 2003~ Anandtech was just a default site that all kids who had a sliver of interest in geeky stuff visited. It was THAT mainstream.

You just can't achieve that again, no matter what you or anyone tries. The social media landscape has completely changed.

 

[ultimatebob]

@TridenT is now a successful silicon valley brogrammer

@alkemyst is gone, as is @MongGrel.

@madoka has purchased enough legos and pistols to fill one of the new houses that he bought

He also bought a McLaren. Maybe that should be the new official car of ATOT.

 

[Gillbot]

It's hard to adapt period when in 2003~ Anandtech was just a default site that all kids who had a sliver of interest in geeky stuff visited. It was THAT mainstream.

You just can't achieve that again, no matter what you or anyone tries. The social media landscape has completely changed.

cant argue that, but other places still have loads more traffic than here as of right now

 

[Kaido]

i could argue both sides, but why bother. Some forums still seem active and have adapted decently, others haven’t.

Yeah, I mean, reddit still gets plenty of traffic, if you consider that a "forum".

The Anandtech forums are a great place, but it's kind of a dying hobby. For example, this is the first year I've been confident rolling out cloud VDI with DCC functionality professionally. Any device, anywhere you can get an Internet connection, and you get a lag-free Windows computer you can do real work on (with multiple screens, even). OnLive tried (and failed) a number of years ago, but I wouldn't be surprised to see PC gaming make a major shift to a cloud subscription model for hardware within the next five years. It "works now". And a lot of our forum is hardware-based, so without that, there's a lot less to discuss.

And even with that, the game has changed in so many ways. You can reinstall Windows 10 from the internal reset feature or via USB stick in no time with no complicated installation procedure. Hardware has been "good enough" for years now, since cheap, large flat-screens & quad-cores & SSD's became available. Windows is actually stable. Macs are great. Heck, my wife is still running her Hackintosh from 2011 and the only upgrade we've done is to get a larger hard drive because we ran out of space, lol. A ton of people are using Chromebooks, which are zero-maintenance. Even more are using tablets or just using jumbo phones. And those smart phones replace literally everything...

 

[ultimatebob]

Yeah, I mean, reddit still gets plenty of traffic, if you consider that a "forum".

Sure, but Reddit's moderation system sucks. If you dare to post an opinion that goes against the "groupthink" of whatever Subreddit you're in, you can watch it quickly disappear in a flurry of downvotes. Reddit is probably the best example of why places like Facebook and this forum do not have a "Dislike" button.

The Reddit Gold and Dogecoin tipbots are pretty cool, though. We need to borrow that idea... oh, wait, we just did

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Cool, now leave again.

 

[snoopy7548]

Mayne and Zeze own this forum now.

 

[Exterous]

@Mayne still has problems with his nieces and nephews on a daily basis

All these links and no love for my awesome ms paints skillz?

 

[brianmanahan]

All these links and no love for my awesome ms paints skillz?

oh man i forgot about the diagram!

where's the link?

edit: awww yeah here we go: https://forums.anandtech.com/thread...-into-work-today.2524380/page-2#post-39139855

 

[Exterous]

oh man i forgot about the diagram!

where's the link?

edit: awww yeah here we go: https://forums.anandtech.com/thread...-into-work-today.2524380/page-2#post-39139855

Don't forget my second accident just a few short months later. And to think I went 12 years without an issue...

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/nothing-like-a-fun-hit-and-run-to-start-your-day.2538190/

 

[brianmanahan]

Don't forget my second accident just a few short months later. And to think I went 12 years without an issue...

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/nothing-like-a-fun-hit-and-run-to-start-your-day.2538190/

oh shoot i dunno if i saw that one. right up there with the sistene chapel imho

 

[Kaido]

 

[Gillbot]

Bulk beef?

 

[brianmanahan]

Bulk beef?

alternator sized, or not at all

 

[pete6032]

That is actually a very good summary by brian

 

[TridenT]

Jeez, people on this forum buying McLarens now? Don't even know why.

Could get a nice Porsche 911 Turbo S for those $$$. But, who am I kidding, you'll never use it the way it was designed.

And if you're spending money just to spend money then get the damn Ferrari 488 Spider.

 

[zinfamous]

ATOT minimum wage is still about 100$k

pointy elbows are still met with some resistance, but ATOT is becoming more willing to look at the "whole package" if you will, and not treat them as a dealbreaker

except for manlets.

still not tolerated.

 

[Gillbot]

Atot, I am disappoint

 

[brianmanahan]

Atot, I am disappoint

 

[JulesMaximus]

but do I have pointy elbows?

No, but your imaginary GF does.

 

[Gillbot]

No, but your imaginary GF does.

im not even cool enough for an imaginary supermodel

 

[Thebobo]

Welcome back oldtimer

 

[brianmanahan]

im not even cool enough for an imaginary supermodel

did you know that there is a lifer forum now?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

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