I’ve been exploring the fediverse and subbing and posting all over the damn place. Realizing lemmy can federate with kbin blew my mind. Not to mention the possibility of turning my old laptop into a personal server to host my own instance. Is this what it felt like to discover how the internet worked in the 90s?
I have the same feeling! It’s like a whole new space to explore with a small bunch of individuals. It reminds me of the MOOs : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOO
MOOs were like the original “metaverse”, text only. You could navigate through it. You would wander from room to room. Sometimes you would meet one individual and chat. Most of the time you would move things to understand the universe and for shit and giggles.
I miss these, and MUDs :( They still exist, but they struggle for players.