I miss those days as well. Felt like the people online then were somewhat more interesting than those now, and were likely to get involved in stuff because it w

I miss those days as well. Felt like the people online then were somewhat more interesting than those now, and were likely to get involved in stuff because it was a fun hobby rather than a way to make money or 'build a career' or what not. Still, there are communities like that out there now, and quite a few of them are where they always were. Forums are less popular, but active ones do still exist, and some have good communities. Same with IRC and mailing lists and chat rooms and whatever else. And while it's unfortunately centralised, I guess Discord has become the 'place' for many of these communities too, with the better ones being basically an old school forum in chat room form. There are places out there.