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I don't mind being on a platform that's not used by 12 year olds. I'm looking for interesting social/political/philosophical/technological content and engagemen

by mcv 5y ago

I don't mind being on a platform that's not used by 12 year olds. I'm looking for interesting social/political/philosophical/technological content and engagement, and I suspect only a minority of teenagers are really interested in that. And while teenagers are on Discord, my impression is that their content there isn't great either. The interesting stuff on Discord is also mostly from 40-somethings. Thing is, facebook has never been a great place for these things. I still have a FB account, but I haven't checked it in years, and back in the days when I did, there was only one person posting really interesting stuff. Everything else was just lame crap. For a while, I set FB to notify me when that guy posted anything and just ignored everything else, but I really wish he'd just post on a better platform.

namelessoracle 5y ago
Discord has a discovery problem. Your in channels you get invited to or made aware of, and most of those channels are echo chambers where the people running the channel are obsessed with getting you to post in them (even if its complete nonsense) There are some quality discord channels, but how do you learn about or get invited to them in the first place?
- mcv 5y ago
  In this particular case, one of my favourite RPG writers posted about it on MeWe. He, together with some other RPG writers, runs the place. It's tied to their Patreon, they organise talks and workshops for members. Most of the channels are about RPGs of course, but they have channels about tons of other topics too. One of my favourites is their channel about TV & movies, because there I get to discuss TV shows and movies with people who tend to have a similar taste as I do. It's absolutely an echo chamber; it's mostly people who grew up with British roleplaying games in the 1980s and still love them today. But it's a fun group.
shreyshnaccount 5y ago
Wikisocial comes to mind. Have you tried that?

by mcv 5y ago

namelessoracle 5y ago

Discord has a discovery problem. Your in channels you get invited to or made aware of, and most of those channels are echo chambers where the people running the channel are obsessed with getting you to post in them (even if its complete nonsense) There are some quality discord channels, but how do you learn about or get invited to them in the first place?

mcv 5y ago
In this particular case, one of my favourite RPG writers posted about it on MeWe. He, together with some other RPG writers, runs the place. It's tied to their Patreon, they organise talks and workshops for members. Most of the channels are about RPGs of course, but they have channels about tons of other topics too. One of my favourites is their channel about TV & movies, because there I get to discuss TV shows and movies with people who tend to have a similar taste as I do. It's absolutely an echo chamber; it's mostly people who grew up with British roleplaying games in the 1980s and still love them today. But it's a fun group.

shreyshnaccount 5y ago

Wikisocial comes to mind. Have you tried that?