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My favourite part of these videos of people rescuing obscure tech is when they talk about the community of other people also rescuing the same obscure tech and
by mmastrac 2y ago
My favourite part of these videos of people rescuing obscure tech is when they talk about the community of other people also rescuing the same obscure tech and team up with them. The internet might be a bit of a cesspool now but these little nuggets that remind me of the early promise of a connected world warm my heart.
- dclowd9901 2y agoIt's funny too how they exist in the same kinds of spaces they used to. Chat rooms, forums and other areas no one ever talks about anymore with the Twitters, TikToks and so forth dominating most social media attention.
- ThrowawayTestr 2y agoIn this case, the author found a discord server where he was lucky to find two other people repairing the same scope.
- dclowd9901 2y agoYep, I intentionally mentioned chat for this reason, but I find that open live chat channels wherever they exist tend to be awesome founts of social interaction and vibrant, rich interest-cultivating.