It was very ineffective, but i also believe this was partly because this was where they (the government and the rich) perfected efforts to undermine protests.
Specifically targeting anyone that even appears to be emerging as a leader, infiltrating movements in order to sow chaos by conflicting goals and messaging, heavily leaning on the media, false flag elements, etc.
Not that these tactics were new, but I don’t know if we’ll ever have another MLK. They’ll never allow anyone to become that kind of leader again.
Most indie games no longer seem to have forums. Some don’t even have wikis. It’s just discord and Reddit these days.