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It helps that you have a great, long-established community of nice people who share a passion for what, for most, is a reasonably expensive hobby. (No offense i
by i_am_proteus 4y ago
It helps that you have a great, long-established community of nice people who share a passion for what, for most, is a reasonably expensive hobby. (No offense intended− I commute on my GS :) )
I often hold up ADVrider as an example of a place where the "old internet" still exists— my experience lurking there is identical to my experience lurking on forums in the early 2000s.
- GoRudy 4y ago100%. I think it's a community in the most real sense. We've got our fair share of trolls and occasional assholes but for the most part there's a lot of really great people there... many have met in the real world so maybe that makes us nicer to each other.
- rchaud 4y agoSports-related message boards are another example of "old internet". These boards were usually set up in the 2000s and managed to survive the social media era due to the common culture shared by its users that kept them from moving to Twitter or FB groups. That led to a dilution of community on those larger social media groups, because with each viral post, they'd attract a huge number of new users who would change the culture, but dint of their size relative to the original tribe. Paradoxically, this also kept the messageboard membership small, as users had to set up an account to post. It wasn't like FB, Twitter or Reddit where one account gives you a passport to post and comment nearly everywhere. I've posted more about old message boards and culture on my personal website [0]: [0] https://fuzzcrush.xyz/blog/dead-forums-extinct-communities-and-a-loss-of-shared-niche-cultures/ https://fuzzcrush.xyz/blog/dead-forums-extinct-communities-a...