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The Decade of Internet Communities
When I first got access to the internet as a kid, the very first thing I did was to find people who liked the same things I liked — science fiction novels and TV shows, Dungeons and Dragons, and so on. In the early days, that was what you did when you got online — you found your people , whether on Usenet or IRC or Web forums or MUSHes and MUDs. R
... See moreNoah Smith • The Internet Wants to Be Fragmented
Usenet, which are old-school discussion forums; MUDs/MOOs, which are text-based virtual worlds; and of course IRC.
Andrew Chen • The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects
New users are interacting with web3 applications for the first time not because they were allured by the idea of unstoppable money, but by beautiful pieces of art, music, NBA clips, games that earn them money, community ownership, and a general sense of belonging. It feels like we're entering the next evolutionary phase of online communities, where... See more
Nick Johnson • Creators, Communities, and the Gray Space in the Middle — Nichanan Kesonpat
Unlike me and the other early adopters who avoided our local community by hanging out in chatrooms and bulletin boards, most teenagers now go online to connect to the people in their community.