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by starkparker 1121 days ago
lots of password-protected plex/media servers shared in invite-only discords, like a regression back to the days of knowing the phone number and login of that one BBS you knew about from a friend of a friend that posted cracked software
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I have been very excited to see us returning to private forums. This is not a harmful regression, certainly!
If you don't know anybody in meat space who can invite you or tell you about it, how do you get in? How do you meet people?
Hobbies and the social gatherings (both chat rooms and/or in person) that accompany them. See also the phrase Special Interest Groups, with context in both Brin’s “Earth” and Vinge’s “Deepness”.