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		phs318u on Nov 16, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival If someone resurrected Compuserve, I’d pay. Again. The signal to noise ratio was insane. Having to part with real money tends to focus the mind and the tongue.

schmudde on Nov 20, 2019 [–]

I suppose The Well is one option: https://www.well.com/. Decades of ongoing discussion.

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