Discord is shit.

I not against this definition and I definitely think that online spaces have been serving as third spaces for many in the last decades. But I want to point out one problem with this. An important element for third spaces is that they have to be free (or very close to be). Having a computer or similar, electricity and internet might seem small for many, but it’s not achievable for everyone. There is a barrier of entry, and we need to be conscious about it.

TIHI

It really is the space that me and a handful of friends have met in almost daily for nearly a decade.

Absolutely a third place.

That's so fucking sad not as in pathetic but just the lack of intimacy just makes me sad.

Yeah. It is. I pretty much grew up on IRC myself…

A Facebook Messenger group chat is the third space for my friend circle.

Then so is fb, game chat, r*ddit and Lemmy.

discord? the thing with all the pedophiles? no, wait, I think it was the one that was using AI to validate and identify users through a 3rd party that got caught working for the feds. or was it that they had a leak of all the ID data after they promised they wouldn't store any of it.

it's so hard to keep up with all the news these days.