And even people with weird myspace style social networking sites like https://spacehey.com/browse
Then there's telegram and discord, full of all kinds of strange stuff.
They're just not mainstream. Probably better that way.
Punk rock died when the first kid said
"Punk's not dead, punk's not dead"
I think these have inspirational historical bases as opposed to being renfairs.
They are in the hands of a younger generation.
I was just about to say this. The new pockets of internet communities are filled with interesting and fun things again. It’s just that a lot of them are for and run by teenagers. As adults, we either feel immediately out of place or just get banned outright.
The ones run by adults are incredibly niche focusing on “non-mainstream” interests.
Discovery is a little harder, yes. And it feels more ephemeral than the static sites of yore. But they’re out there. And they thrive.
And 4chan still exists.
The kids will be alright.
It's fascinating how people born after the decline of myspace has found a clone and helped bring it to life.
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* maybe it is and a bunch of people are just playing a character ... unlikely though.
If you want to pick a different username, we can rename it for you and unban the account, as long as the username is genuinely neutral.
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