Computers haven't changed, but the world has. It feels like hackerspaces and certain scenes still have the same energy of the web's early days.

What's changed is that the ratio of those people to the total population of computer users has drastically decreased. And furthermore, the ratio of creators to consumers has also plummeted.

Ironically, I think that's the lesson that should be taken from TikTok's success: there's actually a surprising amount of people who yearn to be more creative than currently popular platforms allow them to be.