I've definitely seen attacks like this on MTBR and other similar old fashioned forums.
I don't think any bbcode type forums have as much traffic as they did 10-15 years ago. It's not competitive with the three or four generations of social media since. If it were there would be a lot more advertising from bike companies here. What's really great here is the long running core community and the enormous archive of help, but it won't be here if it stops making money for ib
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