I've been scratching this itch by getting into https://atproto.com/ https://atproto.com/ and https://activitypub.rocks/ https://activitypub.rocks/ the platform

I've been scratching this itch by getting into https://atproto.com/ https://atproto.com/ and https://activitypub.rocks/ https://activitypub.rocks/ the platforms are much smaller than the mainstream ones, but the older internet was smaller too. I'm not sure you CAN have something like the old internet above a certain user penetration, it will always devolve to grocery checkout tabloids and afternoon talk show without a filter.