Reads like an intro to a Portlandia remake, only its 2010 nostalgia mixed with heavy handed Reddit-tier remembrances and jibes.

Your 'social media' purity is still some network engineers bastardization of bits. Forums, Usenet, irc, email groups,...

Lamenting what was or what could have been is useless when there is still work to be done directing the outcome.

Vent. Move on.