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Discord can be special, but at least for me, I find it hard to feel like a part of a community. Maybe it's because I'm older, maybe I'm nostalgically rememberin
by davidn20 6y ago
Discord can be special, but at least for me, I find it hard to feel like a part of a community. Maybe it's because I'm older, maybe I'm nostalgically remembering how awesome the internet was back in the day. But, I find it extremely hard to make friends online and be a part of a community now. I tried searching out topics I'm interested in but I rarely engage with it. I find this to be true for 95% of the users.
Somewhere along the line, the switch from "these are people" to "these are random strangers on the internet" took place.
- okatsu 6y agoSame. I'm sure Discord is special to people today in the same way that AIM, IRC and phpBB forums were special to me growing up.
- Darmody 6y agoYes and no. The massive use of the internet makes communities very different now than they were 15-20 years ago. I don't see the same level of fascination with Discord that we had back in the day with IRC. Maybe because we're used to it now and having a chat with thousands of people.
- nmfisher 6y agoI grew up with IRC (and still idle on various channels, and Discord is definitely the closest anything has come to replacing that community feeling from the 90s and early 2000s. They're all very niche servers - I'd say about 10 daily active users - which definitely helps cultivate that same intimacy (for want of a better word).