Similar story here, although it was their forums that I frequented. I helped people who had questions, requested help myself from anything to tech questions to

Similar story here, although it was their forums that I frequented. I helped people who had questions, requested help myself from anything to tech questions to feedback on my latest software, and enjoyed the goofy posts there. It was a bit of Reddit and HN before I knew about those communities. The forums eventually became less valuable, less fun, but I'm not precisely sure why.