The transition from bulletin boards to the public internet in the 1990s allowed for a much larger and more dynamic online community, fundamentally changing how people interacted and shared information.

In the early days, the internet was a free-fire zone, primarily a niche community of highly intelligent individuals who were more interested in topics like astrophysics than politics.

The first subreddit created intentionally to foster a different community was the programming subreddit, as the popularity of political content was overshadowing other topics.

The internet has created new ways to connect with people, allowing us to find communities and tribes that share our interests, like music or sports.

We realized pretty quickly that even though we focused on specific games, people were using Discord for all kinds of multiplayer gaming.

In the early days, we learned that the internet can be a nasty place, constantly under attack from botnets and scans.

Discord became popular among gamers because it allows easy communication through voice channels, making it more efficient than previous methods like Skype or phone calls. I had a Discord server with close to half a million people, where they could engage with each other and share memes, creating a community around a common interest.

New industries are formed by individuals on the internet who are willing to experiment and share their findings with others.

Back then, those interested in tech were often non-conformists who loved computers, not motivated by financial gains but by a passion for technology.