I don’t see how web 1.0 style sites are resistant to AI or bots. It’s kind of the opposite. Bots/AI are really good at pure text stuff.

You might be thinking of the original OpenID system. Instead of the OAuth2 thing we have now with OIDC (e.g. “Login with Google”), OpenID Connect didn’t require the site to be configured in advance with the auth provider. You just gave it your email address and off you went.

OIDC is generally superior security-wise but it’s held back by each site to establish a relationship with the upstream site.

Old fashioned forums are old fashioned. Circular logic but there’s a lot holding them back.

• Create a new account for every single niche forum? No thanks. We need a federated solution.
  • Lemmy/Piefed/etc is almost there
• Antiquated restrictions (e.g. Log in to view images)
• Antiquated UI - People want emojis, reactions, rich media, etc
• PHP paid the bills once upon a time but now it’s hard to get anyone excited to make big new features for forum software