> there is discussion and a sense of community here That's been true of discussion forums for longer than the Internet has been available to the public. I was

> there is discussion and a sense of community here That's been true of discussion forums for longer than the Internet has been available to the public. I was on discussion forums over dialup in the 1980s. The term "social media" didn't even exist yet, nor did the business model of trying to monetize people's online data.