05-08-2023, 11:31 PM
Yeah. Art seems to be a particularly niche activity, so its associated forums died harder than those for some other interests. Even the art board on 4chan is glacial by 4chan standards. I wonder if art has become even less of a popular pursuit with young people over the last 20 years or so. At times it seems like it's become more common, but it's kinda hard to tell if that's just because of digital art and social media making it easier for people to broadcast themselves and try to make something resembling a career out of it.
A major factor in art forums being so slow is that one needs to actually participate in the craft in order to have any interest in posting on a forum for it, whereas for something like music, the nature of it makes it natural for someone who does not make music themselves to participate in discussions and activities around it.
So even now, while music-related forums are slower than they used to be, there are still new posts or comments at least every couple of minutes. Even if this usually means a lot of 30 page arguments about things like whether or not Alice in Chains or Nirvana are the better band.
A major factor in art forums being so slow is that one needs to actually participate in the craft in order to have any interest in posting on a forum for it, whereas for something like music, the nature of it makes it natural for someone who does not make music themselves to participate in discussions and activities around it.
So even now, while music-related forums are slower than they used to be, there are still new posts or comments at least every couple of minutes. Even if this usually means a lot of 30 page arguments about things like whether or not Alice in Chains or Nirvana are the better band.