Yeah but many of the small communities get smaller and smaller until they die away. For example in the pre-Facebook time there used to be a great amount of onl

Yeah but many of the small communities get smaller and smaller until they die away. For example in the pre-Facebook time there used to be a great amount of online chats to get to know people or just for chit-chatting. Then Facebook came, of course everybody was excited and many of the small websites closed down. Those that are left are usually packed with weirdos and fakes, it's a real pity. Although it was all pseudonymous I think back in the days there were less fakes than on Facebook. Not to talk about IRC or Newsgroups, which have become more niche then ever. Well or HN... There used to be high quality content elsewhere, for instance Dr Dobbs was really nice. Now all that stuff is extremely centralized. I don't really see this trend reversing at the moment. Despite people talking about decentralization since 3 years or so. Probably it's Google's fault ;)