Most new technical forums on the Internet, while they are still small and relatively unknown -- are great places for discussions with highly intellectual people of "like mind".

Then they become more popular.

Once they become more popular -- they start to attract all kinds of people of "less like mind" shall we politely say, all kinds of people who would rather unfairly criticize and detract from discussions with one or two line carefully worded, yet malicious in intent, comments.

Then they start to attract AI bots -- both non-malevolent research bots, and agenda-driven Deep State AI bots -- foreign and domestic.

The net effect is, now there's a cacophony of stupidity created by AI chatbots and idiots alike.

Observation: There really isn't too much of a difference between a dumber chatbot and a smarter idiot -- sort of like how rangers at Yellowstone National Park discovered "There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists": https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/08/security_is_a...

Anyway, this cacophony of one and two-line stupidity dumbs down the value of any discussion, and ultimately dumbs down the value of the online discussion forum...

You know, like in Billy Madison: "Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."

Well, every time I see a one or two line snarky or indirectly sarcastic comment with malicious intent and/or intent to derail a discussion -- I just want to reply to them with "Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard..." -- but out of politeness, I never do...

Point is, there are good forums out there -- but you have to find them! (You know, "Seek and ye shall find", "Leave no stone unturned in your quest for, well, whatever you're questing for!", etc., etc.)

Once you've found a good one -- keep it secret as long as possible -- and then finally when it is broadly discovered by the public -- then that's the time to move on to a new less popular undiscovered one!

Stay a step ahead of the crowd!

Sort of like the way that the Rich and Affulent -- will stay in a country until it becomes so popular that it attracts hordes of people -- then they will leave for a relatively unknown, less popular new country. (Side observation: America doesn't have an illegal immigration problem -- it has a too much popularity problem! :-) <g>).

Well, same concept -- but with online discussion forums!

Anyway, wishing you luck in your online forum search!

Oh, and also, if you find a good one -- don't let me know about it! :-) <g> :-)

Related:

130+ Types of Internet Troll and Online Provocateurs:

(Note: This list was created in 2014 before AI bots were widespread)

https://ipredator.co/troll/

Human/Bear Security Trade-Off

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/08/security_is_a...

Billy Madison:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112508/

Idiocracy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy

Eternal September:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September