I can understand where they’re coming from though. It’s nostalgia for the days when forums and MySpace were ‘social media’ and things were simpler and we actually built camaraderie in online spaces, instead of everyone just trying to be heard in the noise.
But I mean, you can still get that in individual communities, actually. Even on Reddit, you could expect to be lost in the crowd in places like AskReddit but there’s definitely niche spaces with few enough people for it to feel like the old days and actually make friends if that’s what you’re after.
I can understand where they’re coming from though. It’s nostalgia for the days when forums and MySpace were ‘social media’ and things were simpler and we actually built camaraderie in online spaces, instead of everyone just trying to be heard in the noise.
But I mean, you can still get that in individual communities, actually. Even on Reddit, you could expect to be lost in the crowd in places like AskReddit but there’s definitely niche spaces with few enough people for it to feel like the old days and actually make friends if that’s what you’re after.