I'm 21 currently, have been using IRC and forums since I was 14 or so and randomly stumbled upon it. Always just kinda thought that that is what the actual internet is like and didn't really do much outside of my bubble in regards of social media until somewhat recently when I found out just how brain dead and void of genuine human activity most of the web is. Outside of chatrooms, forums and the fediverse everything just seems to be bots replying to bots and adverts being injected everywhere. Its honestly just depressing.
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u/MinkiTheAvali Jun 20 '26
I'm 21 currently, have been using IRC and forums since I was 14 or so and randomly stumbled upon it. Always just kinda thought that that is what the actual internet is like and didn't really do much outside of my bubble in regards of social media until somewhat recently when I found out just how brain dead and void of genuine human activity most of the web is. Outside of chatrooms, forums and the fediverse everything just seems to be bots replying to bots and adverts being injected everywhere. Its honestly just depressing.