i started using the internet in the late 2000’s and still remember when you search for something most of the times it would return with a forum post … now its just random websites … if you ever need real and concise answer you have to add site:reddit.com at every search and since discord or twitter are not crawlable by these search crawlers they are not mentioned . Where did all those forums went…are there still active forums ?
just want to fully second this based on experience… information i got from forums really helped me with my most recent purchase… both with making the decision in the first place, and with finding aftermarket parts that my specific run of that model really needed… helped a ton…