It was still likely possible to have retained the originality and novelty of the first site without succumbing to the plague of our contemporary blandness.
You're not wrong. The 2011 version had character. Google+ icons, chat per city, a people search engine. It felt like a place, not a tool.
The tradeoff was deliberate though. Serving 261 countries in 4 languages with an API and MCP Server pushes you toward structure over personality. But I do miss some of that original energy.
The tradeoff was deliberate though. Serving 261 countries in 4 languages with an API and MCP Server pushes you toward structure over personality. But I do miss some of that original energy.