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Re: "I've recently been thinking about getting back on Tumblr...."
Aether is dead. It's main author is MIA, and there hasn't been any movement on the file since 2021.
Mar 20 · 7 weeks ago
👻 darkghost · Mar 21 at 23:14:
I dunno I'm pretty fond of the community here so far. It's small and that's how I like them. But maybe I'm nostalgic for the Internet communities of the mid 90's! It was a magical place. Folks from many walks of life exploring new technology all converging in a new space.
on tumblr: i have heard they are adopting activity pub protocol. and i think they didn't kill the rss, so they look less evil than many other commercial services.
however i have not much hope that nomething commercial on the internet will not abuse their users. i think investing in such a platform doesn't worth it.
also on oldschool internet communities: i use xmpp (jabber) and i connect to some irc chats of open source projects to follow developments or ask questions.
if you get a jabber account on any server start by joining geminauts group at xmpp:geminauts@chat.kwiecien.us?join
i think internet communities today are amazing and in some respects better than ever, let's say more inclusive.
I've recently been thinking about getting back on Tumblr. There just isn't a good FOSS/Fediverse alternative. The twitter-copycat interface of Mastodon, Pleroma, Misskey, Soapbox etc just doesn't cover everything like people seem to think it does. I don't know, though, maybe I just miss how internet communities were in the late 2000s. It seems most people online today are there for entirely different reasons. Back in 2009 if someone added you somewhere, they wanted to connect. Today they're...