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21 year old here, I also do not enjoy the internet these days as much as I used to 5+ years ago. Everything seems dumbed down, which is a common trend with just about everything these days.

I do not use social media, I browse one car related forum, and a Chan site. I mostly lurk these sites and rarely have input, but that's more of a 'me' issue.

The community feeling just isn't there anymore. We've done a complete 180 from a few years back, my first online friends were from Xbox Live and I met these people in Halo 3 lobbies. When I played WoW during Wrath I played on a very low population server which annoyed me back in the day but I realise now that the memories I have are because of the small community, same goes for the private servers I played. All the friends I have now I have known for years or met them through other friends.

Maybe I'm just barking up the wrong tree and I need to develop new skills, hobbies, and find new friends.


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