I don't have a lot of nostalgia for an "old web". I like the new web. But there are some aspects of the old web that I'd like to see more of. To that end, I've been trying to find ways to make the new web adopt those principles. One of them is ownership: If your friend from school runs the website, you know your data isn't being siphoned up by Big Tech. Lowering the barrier to entry to make a "cool" website (such a small social media platform) is the goal. Back in the day, this meant setting up phpBB. These days, it probably means setting up a Mastodon node.