do real nerd spaces still exist? i liked the old internet because it was a space for weirdos. there were online forums for whatever niche thing you were into and they were tight knit so you could actually meet people in them. and social media used to actually be social. nowadays content isnt made for fun but for money and everyone has an instagram but its all private accounts. what even is the point???i just wanna find my people. even gaming and anime spaces are populated by normals nowadays and follow their groupthink. cant say words like faggot or retard anymore without some troon or onlyfans cosplaying whore descending on you even tho those same troons would say those words in 2006.
>>34416496Yeah I hear you man. People nowadays think it's just nostalgia talk, but the internet pre-2010's was a vastly different place. I've been using the net since the mid 90's, everything changed so much, it all feels so plastic and rigid now.I miss it dearly every day, back when things were more spontaneous, genuine, free... Unfortunately, people that didn't experience it at the time will probably never get to experience something similar. Now most things are done just for profit profit profit rather than doing something for passion and fun. Not that people who do that don't exist anymore, but back then it was the norm.Personally, the only social media I've ever enjoyed was Orkut. It never became popular with the american audience, but it was basically facebook mixed in with forums; Anyone could create their own community and have threads within that community. It was insanely popular here in the 2000's.Nowadays I guess the best bet to find a group would be on facebook or discord, but both option kind of suck. You can also randomly meet people in a game or something, and then become friends with them.
>>34416496Nirmues and corpo seem to have taken it over. I mean, I guess you could find some frens who are into that stuff but doubt any pure forum space remains.
2015-16 was the tipping point. enshittification of EVERYTHING started/became very apparent then
>>34416837I'd say it was around that time yeah. I guess it's because people noticed they could start making money from clicks on the internet, so everything became just a show to draw as much attention as possible.
>>34416496This 100%
2012 and under. Then fkn normies and their social status chasing ruining shit
>>34417293Youtube and Twitch are the main culprits I think, since they're the ones who started the monetization craze
>>34417584no, it started way before that. google centralized the internet and pushed away small forums and made them harder to find
>>34417595Yeah true, I guess that was the initial kickstart of the whole cascade of events. Back in the day you had a whole bunch of search engines and sites and stuff you could go to find answers, but at some point it all just became centralized on a few sites and services.Man, I miss those days. Yeah it was less convenient in the sense that you had to search a bit more, but like I said before, it also was more genuine.
>>34416496>in 2006so you're crying that everyone around you matured but you remain mentally stunted with 2006 middle school level humor lol
>>34416837I noticed this too. Around 2016 pajeets and turd worlders started infiltrating the chatrooms I frequented. They outnumbered the OGs so fast, it's crazy how quickly it happened.
>>34416496I'd say that yes. Since we're not the only ones complaining about that (case in point, mostly everyone who went into this thread), I guess it means somewhere they do exist. Problem is that it has been diluted beyond repair. Try your luck on using alternative search engines like wiby.me or marginalia.nu, altchans could work too, some like to promote their forums/personal websites (sometimes a thread like that pops up on /g/), try neocities/nekoweb too while you're at it. My cope is that real nerd spaces survived cause they gatekeep and stay hidden, that's maybe why it's so hard to find. I'm also pondering about making a website on my own so that my people can directly contact me, it's always easier to find someone when you reach out/give them something to latch in first. As the 1st anon said, meeting people through games is also possible.Be more specific about your question though, what are your interests? What kind of group/space are you trying to find? Sadly because of the normie invasion, you can't expect anyone saying they like gaming and anime that they mean the same thing. 80% of the time it's the game/anime of the month.
>>34416685>Nowadays I guess the best bet to find a group would be on facebook or discord, but both option kind of suck. You can also randomly meet people in a game or something, and then become friends with them.is good advicei've met a lot of people on games
>>34416496Just specialize and find someone who is as autistic as you are about, say, Okami (game) or making art from recycled shit you find at the dumpster. It has never been easier to find people who like the same thing as you do. The only part that makes this difficult is your drive to message them and talk with them. Either they ghost you since they might think you're some scammer or w/e, or they become your best friends for life (literally).
>>34416689>>34417595Is it only so, or is it that people got lazy or gave up for some reason? What is stopping these more wholesome things? Lack of interest? Did they fry our collective brains so bad?
