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Very much so. For the past 10 years, facebook has more or less dominated the market for everything related to rural places and smaller towns. This could very w

Very much so. For the past 10 years, facebook has more or less dominated the market for everything related to rural places and smaller towns. This could very well be a geographical thing - but where I'm from, Norway, FB is the de facto platform for anything social in communities. I've heard that in other places of the world, people used WhatsApp, Discord, etc. - but where I'm from, it's FB. Local classifieds, local hobby groups, local community information, local sports, culture events, etc. Luckily there seems to be a push in moving people elsewhere - but with all the older folks primarily using FB, it's going to be hard. I think it's just fine for things like hobbies, classifieds, and such - but real infrastructure shouldn't use FB as their main platform for sharing information.

einpoklum 4y ago
> WhatsApp, Discord Remember that WhatsApp is also Facebook. As for Discord... isn't it a gamer thing? > I think it's just fine for things like hobbies, classifieds, and such No, that's the point. If it's used for all of this stuff, then people "have" to be on it. Group interaction media _is_ part of the "infrastructure" of society.
- bowsamic 4y ago
  > As for Discord... isn't it a gamer thing? No, that's a common misconception. I use Discord all the time and none of them are about games
- TrackerFF 4y ago
  Discord pretty much replaced IRC. I remember, 20 years ago, a lot of people used IRC for chat. I think SoMe and the various chat apps more or less killed off IRC as a popular platform...then discord came along, and filled the niche for gaming chatroom. Now people use it for all kinds of stuff.
  - einpoklum 4y ago
    > Discord pretty much replaced IRC. Not in my personal experience. I see some pull to switch to Matrix, and some groups I know use Telegram (e.g. LibreOffice).
- NoGravitas 4y ago
  Discord started as a gamer thing, but now it's the de facto default multi-user chat platform, at least for a lot of demographics.
- MisterTea 4y ago
  > As for Discord... isn't it a gamer thing? It is a general purpose web based chat similar to slack that was targeted towads gamers. Anyone can use it for anything. Think fancy web based IRC.
- throwaway2037 4y ago
  Real question: Is it possible to be banned from WhatsApp? I don't use social media networks at all (except LinkedIn for strictly professional topics). If I was banned from WhatsApp, or Line, or any other pervasive chat network, it would really hurt.

einpoklum 4y ago

> WhatsApp, Discord Remember that WhatsApp is also Facebook. As for Discord... isn't it a gamer thing? > I think it's just fine for things like hobbies, classifieds, and such No, that's the point. If it's used for all of this stuff, then people "have" to be on it. Group interaction media _is_ part of the "infrastructure" of society.

bowsamic 4y ago
> As for Discord... isn't it a gamer thing? No, that's a common misconception. I use Discord all the time and none of them are about games
TrackerFF 4y ago
Discord pretty much replaced IRC. I remember, 20 years ago, a lot of people used IRC for chat. I think SoMe and the various chat apps more or less killed off IRC as a popular platform...then discord came along, and filled the niche for gaming chatroom. Now people use it for all kinds of stuff.
- einpoklum 4y ago
  > Discord pretty much replaced IRC. Not in my personal experience. I see some pull to switch to Matrix, and some groups I know use Telegram (e.g. LibreOffice).
NoGravitas 4y ago
Discord started as a gamer thing, but now it's the de facto default multi-user chat platform, at least for a lot of demographics.
MisterTea 4y ago
> As for Discord... isn't it a gamer thing? It is a general purpose web based chat similar to slack that was targeted towads gamers. Anyone can use it for anything. Think fancy web based IRC.
throwaway2037 4y ago
Real question: Is it possible to be banned from WhatsApp? I don't use social media networks at all (except LinkedIn for strictly professional topics). If I was banned from WhatsApp, or Line, or any other pervasive chat network, it would really hurt.