Yes, that! That sense of global connectivity. Technically speaking, I "cut my teeth" on early versions of AOL which was really the first to go from BBS systems to a more graphic interface... and there were so many "groups."

Then came "My Dear Diary," and "Diary-X" and "LiveJournal," which were more blogging oriented, and then I got seriously involved on Xanga in 2003... again (like AOL) they were the first to majorly invest in usability rather than straight technology. Xanga in 2004 was remarkably similar to Hive today (minus the rewards)... but everything went away after MySpace and then Facebook usurped the "social" parts and the "blogging" aspects were made more serious, the pursuit of information and education rather than personal stories.

Hence I was a shoo-in when this community first came across my radar in early 2017. And been here ever since...