@skematica @jws As I cannot now see @matigo's blog post in my time line I shall reply here…
Nucely-written, as-ever, Jason. :)
Choice. While I had only IRC and MS Chat, that's all I used. IRC was a one-day thing for me; i can't recall any actual interactions at all.
Nowadays though we've dozens of places we can go to express ourselves, chat about our desires, hopes, dreams…
Incidentally, I forgot to mention ICQ in my blog post; a service I used mainly to connect to people I already knew online.
ADN, it's a place with lots of good memories, good people, but it's been let down by its founders and those in search of a bigger audience.
Now mine's not a massive criticism. I'm hardly there at all, my feeling's more one of a remembrance of the emotional baggage stemming from the SOTN post, the frankly-ridiculous antagonism (I'll never understand why people don't simply block) and the network's inevitable subsequent decline.
And guilt.
I'm not doing #QuoteSunday (always a low-engagement thing) in part due to IFTTT's ADN support shutting down, nor am I running #ThemeMonday (once an entirely different proposition.)
That reminds me, I should really move the #ThemeMonday page at my site and replace it… Sometime.
So, back to the blog post. Burnout maybe, but I'm happy to call 10C home.
One thing, I'm crap at publicising stuff; hence the one successful invite. Kinda successful, I'm hoping @mlv will spend a bit more time here…
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