You're probably a) part of groups that have now grown up and merged into the collective internet and diluted b) need to find new groups that interest you For

You're probably a) part of groups that have now grown up and merged into the collective internet and diluted b) need to find new groups that interest you For my part, there's huge thriving communities of like-minded nerds all over the place, you just have to look outside of popular places. Pouet, atariage, msx.org, nectarine radio, tons of messageboards, hell; my local neighborhood messageboard is full of crazy internet weirdos of my type. HN and some very narrow reddits are kind of cliche, but they work also. I keep saying it here, but there's absolutely nothing to stop old-style internet communities from springing up again, except that the draw of megasites like reddit and facebook seem to steal all the mindshare. Heck, even IRC is still around. Heck telnet BBSs are still around http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html http://www.synchro.net/sbbslist.html Just set up the community you want, run it your way, don't compromise and run it like a hobbyist should. The advertise it on other like-minded places (heck, setup a web-ring!) and you're off!