There are many good points here that I agree with. Boards were used to communicate between industry people but it suddenly became useless to post or even buy ads as the returns were never near the price paid - so without that - boards died.
Few remain but yes I remember years ago when there was at least 20 boards out there saturated with industry posters - most of them sales reps trying to make a name for themselves and companies not sure where else to get webmasters to sign up. Times change - I don't blame tubes as much rather a shift in ways to better spend money as affiliate sales from webmasters don't count as high as they use to for programs and sites.
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