I’m personally crossing my fingers for Discord.

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    2 years ago

    That’s certainly what it’s feeling like to me.

    I remember when I was a kid and the Web 1.0 stuff was popular, things like IRC chat and forums were too intimidating/confusing for me to get into. My introduction to being an internet “citizen” was Web 2.0 and the MySpaces/Facebooks/Reddits of the world, where I had a UX approachable enough not to intimidate my teenage self.

    The shift towards the Fediverse feels like a blend of many of the best aspects of Webs 1.0 and 2.0 – I have a UX that feels familiar, but one that comes with a bottom-up, decentralized grassroots feel that is reminiscent of the early internet.

    I’m bullish for sure.

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      I always like to hear about when internet was at its early stages. I’m born in 2001 so never got the chance to live through that era, but to me it always feels so much better than what it is right now.

      Hearing you say that we are experiencing a moment similar to those is making me so happy.

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        I was absolutely amazing!
        complete wild west. only limit was your mind/imagination.

        at least it felt like that, when I was young ;⁠-⁠)