slashdot and 9gag are definitely at different ends of the spectrum afaik
isn’t 9gag just a poor man’s 8chan

kbin is great, I’m subbed to like 80+ mags rn

anyone who says that forgets how bad tv sucked back then
I mean you’d have to at least bring back video stores or something

Renegade BBSes -> IRC -> slashdot -> digg -> reddit -> imgur -> discord -> mastadon -> lemmy
with plenty of side quests along the way