I think that their lives were very different. They were hard but also a lot simpler than what we live these days. Arguments were settled differently and friends were those that you worked alongside with and had full trust in, those you knew you could go to battle with and potentially be saved by or die for.
I love Hive and I've met so many really great people through it, but the others just don't have any soul. They detract more than they add of any good and I'm trying to do away with things like that. I'm a simple person and would rather spend 4 hours with a great friend drinking coffee and talking shit than spending 1 full hour on one of those platforms.