Someone reminded me that NationStates existed the other day. I took a look at their forums, and they're... adorable? See for yourself: https://forum.nationstates.net/
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It feels like the internet from 10-15 years ago. There's a kind of earnestness that I don't expect from the internet anymore. And I think the difference is that they're still using old forum technology, which crucially has no likes / upvotes / karma.
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Also no proper threading, which is incredibly frustrating to read now in 2019 - they just have to keep quoting each other, and that + forum sigs takes up so much vertical space - but perhaps slows down the conversations in a good way?
