what are the best forums for discussing history? I'm genuinely curious. /his/ is ok but sometimes I could do without the /pol/ memes and anonymity. I found Historum after googling, but it looks a bit shit.
>>1370348
Reddit. You should also consider staying there.
>>1370372
redditors are retarded. Also a voting system is fucking terrible for historical debates.
>>1370480
The equivalent of that here is the amount of (You)'s somebody gets
>>1370542
but don't people enjoy (You)'s? It's better than writing out a paragraph of interesting info and getting no response. 4chan rewards trolling while reddit rewards groupthink, both ruin honest discussion.
The subreddit /r/askhistorians is actually pretty good for asking questions, since a lot of the users there actually have history degrees.
I hate reddit too but it's better for certain things than 4chan is.
>>1370885
That's what you get for going to /r/funny, you deserve every second of agony.
>>1370348
I found historum to be be shit. It is like /his/ but slower and without calling spades a spade i.e. when somebody talks shit, they aren't called out as much.
And if you have a controversial opinion on something it has consequences on how your other opinions are viewed. I rather be judged on individual comments than on social prestige within a internet community.
You can probably only find genuinely good historical discussion among actual historians. I've accepted that /his/ is a place to casually shoot the shit about the humanities.
