Glad I found this piece. I feel like in the current paradigm of internet culture much of the context behind these communities of older internet phenomena has been eroded as platforms naturally evolved to reinvent themselves and become increasingly ingrained in our lifestyles - you start forgetting why you actually cared about using them in the first place? I’ve found there’s lot of value to be had in creating things with these older tools, whether that be for artistic reasons or just to have fun, but it really seems like there was a clear intersection of both going on at the time that wasn’t fully explored. It feels intimidating to engage with these mediums considering how decrepit some of these tools have become and the embarrassment of sharing anything I genuinely care about with anyone else, so I’m really grateful that you make this little compendium available to others to keep these ideas alive