@Bead@coolboymew@hj I'm sure part of the reason for the success later wasn't because of "muh capitalism" but because it managed to simulate the sound of it being played in loud phone speakers with the bass cranked up hard.
@coolboymew@Bead@hj I should also mention different groups used different sample sets. If the earlier waves used obscure R&B chart songs or "old skoool" songs that weird station with a old black DJ who calls himself a "brotha" might play or typical "oldies" station music, the later waves used 80s j-pop as samples.
@Bead@hj@coolboymew I remember hearing some singles on shitty alt-rock radio around the same time before I just started listening to SXM or ripped albums that were very closely copying the vaporwave sound or vice versa.
That's also when the fad for music was to "rip off Disco" as well in the mainstream charts seemingly. Shit like Bruno Mars or Get Funky was charting hard.
@atlas_core@coolboymew@hj There's also the fact that with the death of imageboards, just like with the death of Tumblr the users there don't just vanish into thin air. Instead they went to places like the fediverse.
So all the battle hardened shitposters who either used imageboards at one time or who were active until the troons killed it (such as with the /qa/ raid on /tttt/) and who don't want to go to the hellscape of places like the sharty being attacked by CP spammers (either angry "no bad tactics" leftists, feds, or the edgiest kids online depending on who you talk to), settled on the fedi and so you have a non-zero chance of dealing with the same people who called you a fag on MW2.
@atlas_core@hj@coolboymew >the Fediverse is an option, but one that can be frankly confusing to newcomers
So the thing with newcomers and fedi is this; they always run to the big instances for several reasons. They're likely to get interactions if they're focusing on the "in group" (the instance itself), there's the illusion of stability (if it can have this many users it must be stable right?), and most importantly it has brand recognition. Normies still have the mindset of walled gardens where they want to be where all the people are at, and specifically their friends.
The fedi not working like this is an unreal culture shock and if Bluesky ever goes federated the same thing will apply. None of them want to deal with running an instance or jumping instances because the owner bailed out or went crazy. They're so used to the mindset of building up their "brand" or their posting career of thousands of posts that having to start all over again is something hard to do.
@hj@coolboymew "ugh I hate this site, no I won't use fedi because this and that, why is musk fucking with me and why is bluesky dead interaction wise, how could this be happening to me"
@captain_arepa@bronze I should add too, this was the big scandal for Linus because any Linus video that featured Anthony/Emily would derail into flamewars in the comments, Arch Linux user jokes, jokes about "what happened to Anthony", or simps talking about how stunning and brave Emily is.
And then this happened and it dwarfed the other because you can freely talk about this online and it has everything to do with the core product.
I was 100% sure there'd be some sex pest scandal like with how soyteens dug up that Chris from MrBeast was pals with a pedophile (who was only outed as such after hacking into the Discord account of an unrelated gooner pedophile who was provoking said site (none of this is a joke or made up in any way)).
@theorytoe lmao literally his entire feed is "LOOK WHAT BLUMPF DID TODAY" that's cool and call but could he even name his top 10 hottest female sonic characters