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reading about an old internet community (an MMO), still kicking after 16 years with a lot of the same people still hanging outPermalink Look on archive.org
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and then in the comments section there's some people being all "hey, if you're into this, come play, we're friendly, it's fun"Permalink Look on archive.org
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and then there's someone going "the fucking owners are ruining this, this is why everyone has left and is part of this splinter community"Look on archive.org
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and then there's someone arguing against them and then they're saying "you can only say this because we're not on <official forum>"Permalink Look on archive.org
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and like, honestly the thing has brought tears to my eyes, the life and humanity and ever present just /human/ dynamics. people, eh?Permalink Look on archive.org
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(i remember walking along the canal and going "i wonder what it'd be like to live on a canal boat" and stopped and looked it up online ...Permalink Look on archive.org
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... and 5 minutes later was reading about the bitter animosity between continuous cruisers and people with London moorings)Permalink Look on archive.org
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anyway, here's the article, it's a good read kotaku.co.uk/2017/03/01/in-the-land-of-dying-mmos-dark-age-of-camelotPermalink Look on archive.org
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& -- I miss SE, the backwater neglected internet community I spent so much time on when I was younger! even though it was (is?) terrible.Permalink Look on archive.org