[omegacharlie]

Anyone else feel pessimistic about the future of internet communities given the decline of places like IRC and bulletin boards where one could make real social connections with special interests compared to the rise of 'walled garden' social media with synthetic content to please some techbro algorithm and most users being passive observers?

Do not know the answer but I do not like where this bodes for the future of internet communities.

[chasd00]

Hobby related communities are usually quite healthy and exist on basic forum setups. A rocketry one I’m a part of stretches back decades. The community gets together at a couple of major launch events distributed across the nation. It’s a pretty amazing and close knit community.