| Gemini gave me a LJ vibe last time I checked it out. Other than that, "just go back"? The old mailing lists are much quieter than they were now that quite a few of us are dead and only a few of our kids had any interest, but many of mine are still chugging, complete with high context in depth conversation. USENET is apparently current, judging by the circumstantial evidence given by https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41743206 Webrings are still extant, eg https://geekring.net/site/NUMBER/random Blogs felt like digital degradation back when Winer was first pushing them, but as they've proven to be better than their successors I still have buckets of them in my newsboat* config. The kids wail about "discovery". When I grew up, finding other geeks was a physical matter of 'zines and cons, uphill in the snow, both ways. Sure, now you won't get them served up in your algorithmic feed, but it's still much easier than in the old days: you go click click click click click click click click. It's real easy. (but those clicks have to be choices, not scrolling) > “When I use a tech,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it connects how I choose it to connect (albeit sometimes more than less).” > “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make a tech serve so many different purposes.” > “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that's all.” Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwSRqaZGsPw * most excellent for a "check once per day" workflow EDIT: https://archiveofourown.org/works/3243470 suggests AO3 may be a suitable forum for the sorts of conversations covered by https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41539741 ; after having seen https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_... I'm just waiting for a Gen Z coup launched by cadres in fursuits who hid their plotting via thousand-page screeds in channels superficially meant to serve the Fallout/MLP crossover fandom. Wasting away again in burzum-ishi
Searching for my ash nazg gimbatul
Some people claim that there's a kuduk to blame
But I know I was my own damn fool
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