@molly0xfff I mostly miss two things: The pre-#EternalSeptember#Usenet where many people gave polite, well-considered long-form answers (Some of that still exists in some groups, but most are dead, which is at least better than riddled with shit, as they were until Google Groups defederated) and the trolls were easily plonked. The #Fediverse is as close to that as you can get nowadays, though it still feels very rushed. 1/3