This is absolutely true. In fact, the funny thing is, a lot of the old internet infrastructure is still around. We can still chat on IRC, congregate on forums and imageboards, games, etc.
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this is very true, and important to remember. i wish more people i converse with online were still on irc, but over the years most have made their way to xmpp/matrix/etc. i have nothing against those technologies since they're open, but irc still holds a lot of nostalgia for me.
another thing i don't hear much about getting used these days anymore is usenet. i used to post in different newsgroups back in the day.