What We Lost If you’re around my age, you remember an internet dominated by niche message boards. Gaby Del Valle’s article did a great job capturing what was special about them & how they differ from present day social media. In my teenage years, I was very active on the old GameDev.net. I wound up becoming a moderator, spending my time answering questions, talking about nonsense, and very very occasionally publishing a small game. I stuck around for a while even after I mostly lost inter...