I'll probably regret stirring the pot here, but I've never understood or been comfortable with group chats. I grew up in the era of Usenet groups and email (and

I'll probably regret stirring the pot here, but I've never understood or been comfortable with group chats. I grew up in the era of Usenet groups and email (and later, forums & blogs), where conversations were slow and threaded. In the rare event I happen into a group chat today (whether IRC, Discord, SMS, FB, etc.), it feels incredibly stressful and overwhelming. Sometimes I think of Vernor Vinge's book _True Names,_ where one of the characters is called the Mailman, and only deals with the world through email. That might be me by now...