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Where else on the web does everyone hang out? (normalcity.life)

submitted 1 year ago by amitten@normalcity.life to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I’m really curious where else everyone here hangs out on the internet besides Lemmy.

I myself am frequently on discord with my wife and friends playing games. I’ve also found myself in and around smaller blogs spaces like Kev Quirk and related people. Reddit used to be a place for me to hang out but I never found a community that I felt connected to. I don’t know if YouTube would be considered a place to hang out, but I frequently spend way more time there than I should. IRC used to be a great place for me.

So, where are your favorite places?

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[–] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I have ignored Discord for years until recently. It just seems like IRC with a lot of flashiness and emojis. Is there more to this experience? I don't intend to be disparaging, but I looked for some specific topic servers and just found the quality of discussion to be low and the experience to be chaotic.

I'm willing to be told I'm doing it wrong though - is there a "here's the right way to get into discord" approach I'm missing?

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

There are a lot of game development communities there. It’s basically a cheap, more public alternative to Slack.

[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah seems so, it's pretty ok though. It tracks what is new and your mentions so it's vaguely like a messaging app instead of IRC.

[–] amitten@normalcity.life 1 points 1 year ago

I personally think the best way to use discord is to create a server and invite people to it as you meet them online. For me, it’s gaming that connects me with people. My wife and I meet people that we like and want to play with more, and so we invite them. This usually results in getting invited to other small community servers.