politics

The original idea of the internet was about sharing info. It was local. You "knew" a core group of users and discussed things (or shared files).

With megasites, you lose that community I think. The early 00s had forum boards and IRC, which wasn't pretty to look at, but it had more sense of community than most of the sites so now, even the ones like Facebook where you might actually know people. Everything is consumption driven now. And the sites now look very lovely, but they've very much lost what made them great while focusing on flashy effects, clean looks or getting clicks.

I still think maybe even saidit is to big, but as you implied, saidit generally is an oasis in a desert, and thank you again for that!

I joined an online forum in 04, and occasionally I go back there just to say what's up. Like everything in life, people get different jobs, wives or kids, or whatever and can't spend as much time doing what you used to. But it still looks like a forum lol. But it is very niche, so it survives, and it is still vibrant even with a lot of New usernames that wish the icons were bigger and there would be a thumbs up/thumbs down buttons.