I really miss the old internet for my own socialization.
Hosting game and such was my way to socialize, the technical knowledge helped get into communities, and have people talk to me (feature requests, bug reports) naturally.
Now, those communities are mostly based around admin/mod duties, with all the game and voice servers being SaaS and self-hosting mostly a thing of the past.
Been trying for years honestly to find a way out of this conundrum but I fear there might not be one.
Even with basically all my code being FOSS, none ever reaches a level where that would give a social circle either.
And without me being project lead or server admin also makes it hard to even talk at all because I get super shy thinking I might get kicked out at the first sign of anything wrong.

