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[โ€“] brucethemoose 50 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

It turns out the popular alternative is "force you to sign up (with a phone number) from critical mass/FOMO, track the snot out of you then slide ads in later." Oh, and the stuff you want is siloed away until you join, and buried in a mountain of rambling and engagement optimization junk.

Note that I'm largely talking about Discord, which is unfortunately where many of my interests have been shunted off to. People talk about Facebook, Google and OpenAI eating the internet, but I feel like Discord is the quiet trojan horse.

[โ€“] blanketswithsmallpox 7 points 2 months ago

That's an issue with people using Discord as something it shouldn't be used for. Not the other way around though lol.

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