What about medium tech?

[Heliosurge (Dan DeMontmorency)]

You might be interested in this older topic. We all that are here see the value of Discourse and what it has to offer vs whale platforms. Some great articles from the team & affiliated teams

Discourse forum vs Social media

I’ve been interested in adding a forum to my site for many years now, but haven’t done it because of the social media sites. I’m seeing a lot of big sites not having much traffic on their forums anymore. Has instagram, facebook, the likes taken over so much that a forum is doomed if it was started now? My niche is Geek Culture and we focus on gaming, books, comics, and cosplay. I’m thinking that it could make a great community… Thoughts?