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Re: "I've recently been thinking about getting back on Tumblr...."
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.
Mar 23 · 4 months ago
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...