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One of the last remaining remnants of this is the pirating community. Their work on cracking, emulation, system hacking and anonymity is such a wonderful place to make friends, push technology and just have fun. They still have that old school humour which made the internet so cool.

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I'd say that video game modding and hacking communities have a similar vibe to them, as do fan created content sites and communities in general.

Probably in all causes because being unable to legally make money from your activities scares away folks that just want to cash in on the latest grift, and don't care a single damn about quality.

Video game mod sites are highly political. You can’t get away with anything that would have been fine in the year 2007.

There’s no debate any more, just banning and shadow banning. Forums used to be spicy! Now they are nothing but toxic positivity or bland nothingness.

There are still "spicy" fourms.

how do i get in there?

You don't. If you could, the FBI could. You would have to be introduced by a friend who's in it.

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