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Don't want to date myself, but finding new sites and communities used to be fun.

Are there any cool sites anymore? Besides this one, of course?

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[–] heresiarch@hexbear.net 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This guy is kind of annoying and I don't agree with everything here, but I do think about this article a lot these days.

In the future—not the distant future, but ten years, five—people will remember the internet as a brief dumb enthusiasm, like phrenology or the dirigible. They might still use computer networks to send an email or manage their bank accounts, but those networks will not be where culture or politics happens. The idea of spending all day online will seem as ridiculous as sitting down in front of a nice fire to read the phone book.

[–] Carl@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

I hope his prediction becomes true because I can't imagine that everyone will abandon the net - rather, the net will retvrn to what it once was, nerds linking up to talk about niche bullshit while mainstream culture happens elsewhere.