I don't think finding community is getting harder, it's just that the places to look for community are changing. As a Gen Zer, it seems that Discord is akin to

I don't think finding community is getting harder, it's just that the places to look for community are changing. As a Gen Zer, it seems that Discord is akin to the IRC of our generation. I was surprised by how many young hackers (and sometimes crackers) there were upon joining some of these communities. IME the technical knowledge they appear to have often exceeds what their schools have on offer. OTOH there are plenty of other kids who know how to use technology but have no idea how any of the internals work, that they don't need to use a website to sort a list of names or count words.