couple more years and it will have taken longer to get winds than the entire rest of the series
aka: early tech adopters!
these folk are always the ones trying new things, especially anti-corporate things. They aren’t keeping people away. this is just how the bleeding edge of new technology. The communities natural grow out over time as more people show up and start to outnumber them. But it’s thanks to them that niche new stuff gets supported in the first place while it builds up it’s audience (and reduces the friction to joining)
Preston Jacobs is honestly very good, but has a reputation for making huge logical leaps. History of Westeros is awesome (they technically a podcast though, but on youtube). Alt Shift X is probably the gold standard for snappy engaging videos. I’ve also liked some videos by Joe Magician!