@ItsSheVee Yeah. I feel the exact same way!

I wasn't around for the dial-up BBS era, but I certainly remember the days of personal websites and prominent forums, as well as private game servers (which are still around, but kind of a dying breed sadly).

The fediverse takes that old private server mentality, fuses it with modern social media, and then connects it all together. With a critical mass of users I think it could be the future... (And a much better one at that.)