“There was a time when the community that was on the Net was homogenous and civilized. Now it’s not. We’re in the middle of chaos... But the alternative is that there’s a total meltdown of the system and that it becomes unusable. That would be a catastrophe.” - Robert Cailliau

Yes, exactly! Multiuser, Mass Multiuser BBSs and many other Internet protocols prior to 1993 available did have moderated, tight-knit communities with more warmth in my experience. It's been hard to replicate on Web without community turning into mass, often unethical mass media.