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yea i am very much of the belief that public presence social media is a dying breed. finding ways to build small communities that have built in trust mechanics - regardless of how strong or loose those mechanics are - is where things are going. a big part of the rise of group chats imo

part of me mourns it, for the same reason that everyone's forum becoming a Discord made it harder to learn stuff, but hopefully we end up at a good balance.

yeah, I’m all for the gcs, but how do you discover them that basically doesn’t fall back on “I went to the right finishing school and knew the right people”

yeah exactly. being indexed, even if membership wasn't open, was a huge thing with forums.

honestly kinda same. like it's wild who you can make acquaintances with almost entirely by accident via posting.