All I can say is, I can highly recommend https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/ https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/ — in my experience, conversation is very much still alive there

All I can say is, I can highly recommend https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/ https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/ — in my experience, conversation is very much still alive there. In the age of FAANG's dominance on the web, it's perhaps the case that the trend is to seek alternative (non-web-based) spaces.