There are still pockets of the old web out there. As ever, they're promoted more through personal recommendations and click-through discovery.
Mastodon has it, COM in SDF has it. Heck, LambdaMOO still exists.
It takes effort to find that stuff, but it's so much more fun than doom scrolling, knowing your attention is being purchased and you're working for <social company>'s profit.
I've been collecting 'small web' blogs in a feed and it's a really pleasant way to do interneting. Most folks in that world really enjoy getting an email from a reader and will actually strike up a conversation. That long distance human interaction is still unique and just as fun as it was in the 00s.
Mastodon has it, COM in SDF has it. Heck, LambdaMOO still exists.
It takes effort to find that stuff, but it's so much more fun than doom scrolling, knowing your attention is being purchased and you're working for <social company>'s profit.
I've been collecting 'small web' blogs in a feed and it's a really pleasant way to do interneting. Most folks in that world really enjoy getting an email from a reader and will actually strike up a conversation. That long distance human interaction is still unique and just as fun as it was in the 00s.