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That solo dev who developed RES could have forked it and "stolen" the whole site if he wanted to. That would have been so epic.

If the “protocols not platforms” philosophy is the right track, usenet/nntp.

nntp was built on horribly naive assumptions that do not carry to the present day internet. nostr is a better option.

Digg tried to make a comeback, but was quickly smothered in the crib by AI bots.

I'm mostly just here now... More forums for other stuff would be nice though.

Lemmy is pretty good.

Fark hasn’t gone anywhere.