if you're referring to the internet in a broader sense, then probably. i don't really delve into much social media so i'm fortunate to stay out of the dramatics of that.
if you're referring to PC, then not really. this community is way more chill than it was a decade or so ago.
and yes @ your last statement, although unfortunately forums are more or less a dying breed in favour of reddit/twitter/facebook. really sad that the internet is being condensed into roughly three websites.
Oops, I still read PC as Personal Computer lmao. So yeah, I was talking about the internet in a broader sense , hehe ^^"
You forgot about Instagram, but I totally agree. =X
What intrigues me the most is this:
but they're not communities, they're content feeds.
Every single one of them is just a repetition of the previous with a different feature as their core idea .
Take Facebook and Instagram for example, they are both virtual photo albums (facebook used to be where people went to post all their photos 10 years ago), they both have a chat, both have follower system, a commenting section, a like button... It's just that facebook is more post based while instagram is more imagery based. xD
And then...there's Twitter....Good Lord, what the hell is that website.
Don't get me wrong,I have spent a lot of time there but the best I can describe that place is using a black hole as a reference. It was as if Facebook, Instagram, Askfm, Reddit and Vine all decided to have a child together. That website is like a 4chan that went wrong because it's addictive but there's no way one can make sense of all that mess ><
I don't even bother posting there anymore because there's no way people will push my profile all the way down to see that whole content. Stuff there either becomes relevant enough to reach the news or dies in a matter of minutes!