Post B2s1ew6WecttwiFzFY by wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe
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 (DIR) Post #B2s1ew6WecttwiFzFY by wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe
       2026-01-31T04:10:25.785725Z
       
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       i will assert that the web was simply better 15-25 years ago and that the multitude of unrelated sites where people would gather to express themselves led to greater happiness and more rewarding engagement with others.To this day, on the handful of forums I still use, I *know* people there. Not just a handful of microcelebrities. On one for instance, I recently found out that someone I talked with nearly every day had had his cat die. He shared some pictures of her and condolences rolled in from about a dozen people who were regulars in that tight knit community. It wasn't just "drop a comment and move on to the next post on reddit," where you might never see someone again. Everyone knew everyone, and even little things like having an avatar picture on the forum led to greater and faster recognition. On forums, who you're talking to matters at least as much as the subject matter, if not more.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2s1f9MFNUCV3EiE3k by wyatt@soc.megatokyo.moe
       2026-01-31T04:16:21.178928Z
       
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       you could claim discord allows for this as well, but discord is still an unorganised and faster paced and poorly searchable firehose for the most part that in practice serves more like an eviller version of IRC with centralised logging so the feds can find you easier, rather than a place where people can just stop in for even just 5 to 15 minutes a day and catch up with each other and not miss much.