The weird internet is still there. It just isnt on the web. Join a pubnix, use gopher, find a good bbs, get back on IRC. Those are just a few great spaces. The

The weird internet is still there. It just isnt on the web. Join a pubnix, use gopher, find a good bbs, get back on IRC. Those are just a few great spaces. The bit of technical knowhow to get to or use them reduces their viability as capitalist enterprises, which keeps them at least slightly more creative/old school. Generally it is easy to find a community with the right balance of size, content, and participation in these palces than things hosted on the web.