I remember when I first encountered BBSes (mid to late 80s).  Dialing into a slew of local systems and enlarging my social circle.  Then there was the Internet and many of my former BBS social circle were deriding it, saying it didn&#x27;t have that community feel.<p>I remember when I first encountered USENET (early 90s).  Reading scores of USENET groups and enlarging my social circle, even going to far as to go to a yearly meeting one group held for several years.  Then there was the World Wide Web that everything was being funneled in to.  Most of the USENET crowd I was with were deriding it, saying it didn&#x27;t have that community feel.<p>I remember when I first encountered Slashdot (late 90s).  Reading score of comments on trending topics and again, enlarging my social circle.  Then there was Digg and many on Slashdot were deriding that, saying it didn&#x27;t have that community feel ...