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I recently (like, a year or two ago) got onto a slack group that's just maybe a dozen people, all of us men in our late thirties to early fifties, and man, it's
by aetherson 7y ago
I recently (like, a year or two ago) got onto a slack group that's just maybe a dozen people, all of us men in our late thirties to early fifties, and man, it's nice. You forget in this era of very large social media sites how small, closed groups feel. Reminds me of corners of the internet 20 years ago.
- Waterluvian 7y agoI need this in my life. To just idle in a room with people and talk about whatever. Where do I find this kind of thing?
- trophycase 7y agoDiscord. There are groups for everything. Twitch channels, youtube channels, illegal NBA streams, cryptocurrency trading groups, etc
- chipperyman573 7y agoThe problem with that is the channel you join will either not be advertised very well or it will be huge (because it's advertised well). It's hard to find a good, small channel if you don't know anyone to refer you. You can't just go to /r/DiscordServers/top
- DoreenMichele 7y agoOr "roll your own." Pick whatever tech you prefer -- Slack, Google Groups, Discord, whatever -- decide on some theme for starting a group, start inviting people.
- Fnoord 7y agoGroups for people of age late_30 - early_50 though?
- danmg 7y agoIRC.
- granshaw 7y agoThis kind of private groups are really popular amongst extended family or friend groups in countries where apps like WhatsApp are popular (which is seemingly every country but the US) It’s crazy how which platforms are popular has shaped how people communicate
- solids 7y agoI’m from Argentina. Here the we have WhatsApp groups for everything. Friends, coworkers. Even is common to have groups that are subsets of groups from a bigger one, because of more affinity or willingness to discuss certain topics that will spam the bigger one. So yes, I can pretty much confirm that this private groups change a lot the way we communicate.
- GhostVII 7y agoFacebook messenger seems to be the replacement for WhatsApp in North America, at least in my circles. I have dozens of Facebook messenger groups, with different subsets of friends and activities.
- pgwhalen 7y agoI would say iMessage also fills this niche, probably in the US only.
- granshaw 7y agoThing with iMessage is that it’s ios only
- pgwhalen 7y agoObviously true, but it is overwhelming popular in certain demographics in the US.
- Waterluvian 7y agoYeah. But the thing with Facebook messenger is that it's Facebook only.
- selestify 7y agoHow did you find that group?
- aetherson 7y agoA former roommate invited me.
- jvagner 7y agoI want reddit, but on given topics, but without newbies. Age might be a nice filter, but being able to chat about {fitness, running,travel,entrepreuneurialism} away from the crowds that barrel in with "Does anyone else ever..." or "Where/how do I..." 1st year stuff.
- irl_zebra 7y agoUgh, yes! I'm really into, running, for example. I go to Reddit running subreddit, and it's all just "I completed a 5k and lost 50lbs" or "I'm just getting started, here's a picture of me I'm so proud." Great, but not anyone who regularly runs it's a drag and annoying. Would love some more advanced topics with people like me who run 60+ miles a week, and are objectively a bit fast.
- fountainofage 7y agoHave you checked out advancedrunning or artc subreddits? Might be what you're looking for.
- pferde 7y agoHave you tried just starting threads on what interests you? Just start talking, the people you are interested in might pop up, and a group might eventually self-select. I've actually never been on reddit, but that's how it has worked in pretty much every online community - including the rKids group from this article.
- jaredsohn 7y agoreddit has /r/AdvancedFitness/ and various other subreddits exist as offshoots of more newb-friendly ones
- Impossible 7y agoI thought about a social media concept called "scene" where people are initially randomly matched based on common interests, but then the group is closed to new contributors at a certain population count. The idea would be to simulate groups that form based on geographic proximity (local scenes and clubs) without the same distance constraint, because for me those local groups have always been more meaningful than online forums, with a few exceptions mostly tied to local groups. The group population cap would limit the number of noobs in healthy scenes.
- amiga-workbench 7y agoI've been in a similar Telegram group for nearly 4 years now, some of us knew each other from elsewhere online, the rest were strangers before. Its a nice thing to have. I've never thought that much of larger scale social media, it always felt like shouting out into the void, especially Twitter.
- enobrev 7y agoI have a similar slack group. About 7 of us. Some of us worked together remotely. The rest were added slowly. All members are adults well into our careers. It's mostly tech articles with a terse discussion and the occasional lunch Meetup for those in the same city. Probably one or two conversations a week. We might occasionally ask each other advice or pass along potential business, but overall it's an incredibly high sign to noise ratio. It may grow, but I wouldn't want it to be much bigger than it is now.
- codemac 7y agoI've been in some IRC channels for decades. It's awesome.
- bdamm 7y agoYeah, roger that one. We've been having kids together for some time now.