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I think what brings this back are specialized technologies which are inaccessible to non-techies because of the time or effort required to engage with them. Mak

I think what brings this back are specialized technologies which are inaccessible to non-techies because of the time or effort required to engage with them. Making it onerous for bots to access these places may also be helpful. I came to terms with the fact that the internet changed post-social media. I think that just means there need to be other places that are more niche, specialized and "homey" to neurodiverse folk. Though I disagree with the author that only someone autistic would be into such places, if they can indeed be recreated. I think the fediverse is attempting this to some degree.

tetris11 3y ago
Gemini, gopher, smolweb, tilde sites - they never went away, and I think more of the neurodivergent crowd are coming back to then.
catlover76 3y ago
I don't think such places need to be super inaccessible. I am in a few Discords, and all of them are full of people who are even more aspy and weird than I am lol They remind me of the PHP forums of yore. One Discord I am thinking of here is focused on a video game, and the other major one that gives me that vibe is a functional programming Discord (I believe it's the one linked to from the Haskell subreddit).
- 3seashells 3y ago
  We all expect the arrival of the great discord newsfeed bot now that investor money has dried up? Can't wait to go back to IRC. Discord is horrible in all the ways I despise. The only reason to go there is the people. And when it comes to people, I have hope, cause even meta can't own them..
- whateveracct 3y ago
  The Haskell Discourse is also old internet-y to me. Just a forum where people talk. No targeted ads or nonsense.
  - catlover76 3y ago
    I think we may be talking about 2 different things; I believe you are referring to this, correct? https://discourse.haskell.org/ https://discourse.haskell.org/ I was talking about a Discord (https://discord.com/ https://discord.com/) server. I should probably check out the Discourse more. Discord servers for communities like this become very hard to follow, and I feel like a good chunk of the questions people post in the Discord could be easily answered by an LLM.
    - whateveracct 3y ago
      Oh yes we are - I wasn't mixing them up! Just suggesting another internet place you might like :)

tetris11 3y ago

Gemini, gopher, smolweb, tilde sites - they never went away, and I think more of the neurodivergent crowd are coming back to then.

catlover76 3y ago

I don't think such places need to be super inaccessible. I am in a few Discords, and all of them are full of people who are even more aspy and weird than I am lol They remind me of the PHP forums of yore. One Discord I am thinking of here is focused on a video game, and the other major one that gives me that vibe is a functional programming Discord (I believe it's the one linked to from the Haskell subreddit).

3seashells 3y ago
We all expect the arrival of the great discord newsfeed bot now that investor money has dried up? Can't wait to go back to IRC. Discord is horrible in all the ways I despise. The only reason to go there is the people. And when it comes to people, I have hope, cause even meta can't own them..
whateveracct 3y ago
The Haskell Discourse is also old internet-y to me. Just a forum where people talk. No targeted ads or nonsense.
- catlover76 3y ago
  I think we may be talking about 2 different things; I believe you are referring to this, correct? https://discourse.haskell.org/ https://discourse.haskell.org/ I was talking about a Discord (https://discord.com/ https://discord.com/) server. I should probably check out the Discourse more. Discord servers for communities like this become very hard to follow, and I feel like a good chunk of the questions people post in the Discord could be easily answered by an LLM.
  - whateveracct 3y ago
    Oh yes we are - I wasn't mixing them up! Just suggesting another internet place you might like :)