After AOL chat waned, MSN Chat was really fun too 2003-2005?. I spent a ton of time on the local chat and I really missed it when it left. I know AOL had that b

After AOL chat waned, MSN Chat was really fun too 2003-2005?. I spent a ton of time on the local chat and I really missed it when it left. I know AOL had that but it was before the great ISP unbundling and was mostly gone by 2002 IIRC. I never found a broad audience on IRC. Reddit is close to a successor but came much later. Craigslist personals was a good way to connect to people and of course that’s gone too. We lost a lot of communities. Instagram, Facebook, dating apps, and just about every other social network evolved while never capturing the original excitement, IMO.