[mkfain]

The hardest part is that the communities that feel like old HN or old forums probably exist but theres no discovery mechanism for them anymore. Everything funnels through 5 platforms and if youre not on one of those you basically dont exist. Some of the most interesting conversations ive had recently have been on smaller protocol-level communities where theres no algorithm deciding what gets seen

[bluefirebrand]

Yeah, and how does someone get an invite / stumble into such communities nowadays?

Discoverability has always been something of a problem but nowadays it feels worse than ever. There's just way too much stuff trying to grab our attention