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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 6702327" data-attributes="member: 13107">For some folks, the "easier to access" isn't true.  One doesn't need to login to read many forums.  Social media seems to need a login, which is annoying.Also, the "backed into the infrastructure" is true only for particular subsets of people.  That subset might be the much larger group, but, there are still folks to prefer using a browser over the more lightweight media.  Also, a person who spends a lot of time on a laptop or workstation might find a browser a much more baked in tool, or at least a much more convenient one.The "customizable" point changes if you change focus from site admin to user.  I can't speak very much on the admin side, but I would presume that operators have less control than they have over their administered forums.  But, there a user, I thought there were a lot of tools that allow users to customize which feeds they receive, and where the information is sent?A data point: mmo-champion has captures of tweets (e.g., from Ghostcrawler).  I much prefer to see a snapshot of the latest tweets, much more than looking for these in real-time.  I'd probably go batty if I had to deal with a barrage of tweets interrupting my day.  But, that is certainly just one perspective, and I imagine lots of folks want the tweets in real-time.That is, what is a plus is highly dependent on one's preferred mode of interaction.Of course, this may all be moot.  The number of people using social media may make forums largely obsolete dinosaurs, at least for most mainstream information.  Forums may be relegated to text rich communities, which are a special and limited case in comparison to the mainstream.Thx!TomB</blockquote>

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