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by Areena_28 71 days ago
Never experienced BBS firsthand but from everything i've read about it, the thing that stands out most is how intentional the interactions were. you had to actually want to be there. no algorithmic feed pushing content at you. The people who showed up were genuinely curious about the same things. This is complete opposite of how online communities work now where half the participants didn't choose to be there, they just got recommended in. honestly, every social platform is giving us things which we dont need but the algorithm is making sure we needs it