Hardly Fading

It's good to know that conversation sites like forums and chats are still alive and kicking. I've always known about forums and chats but I never participated. With new innovations in the digital world, conversation sites have faded into the back for me. I didn't even think twice about visiting forums or using chats.

I was not aware of how often people used forums to feed their hunger for specialized news. I talked to a friend who told me he spent hours looking at forums for recent technology in the gaming industry because he gets instant news before it hits mainstream audiences. Another friend tells me he checks sports forums everyday for updates.

Forums are another great tool for journalists to gather news ideas, leads, and sources. Similar to blogs, forums are sites for fresh ideas.

Just recently, I was notified that Facebook included a chat application. It's interesting to find that the rise of social networking site are taking advantages of chats. Is it really necessary for Facebook to include chat? The site already provides means to communicate through wall posts, messages, and etc. I guess chat provides immediate communication simultaneously. Again, another conquest of Facebook in attempts to dominate the digital world.

A thing of the past? Hardly.