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Comment by lordofgibbons | Hacker News Reader

Many discord servers, each focusing on different interests. The communities are small enough that you can have actual conversations without a lot of noise. I just wish these communities were on a less centralized and less closed platform.

Reddit used to be great, but these days, it's mostly rage bait and state actors astroturfing all of the popular subreddits.

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I joined several discords, some of significant size, but I just cannot understand how to start/join a conversation. I just see silence or some random Q&A that dies within a few rounds of back and forth.

I really wanna do some goofy chatting and socialize online in real time, but I must be doing it wrong because it seems like nobody's there. I also tried IRC (went in for the first time in 20 years?!), same story there. Probably I am the problem, but any suggestions?

I have the exact same issue. I'm in a ton of Discord servers but have never found a way to hold a conversation like I used to on IRC in the 2000s. I also assumed that I must be the problem, but now I'm not sure anymore.

It depends on the server. The best discussions I've found are ones targeted at hobbies which have both a lot of new people looking to get started and some old timers who provide advice and guidance and answer questions.

Yes, this has been my experience. There are Programming language or framework servers, but they typically don't have a great social scene. People just drop by to ask questions or to discuss features. The ones around hobbies and interests are more vibrant for socializing.

lotta astroturfing here too, mon ami.

great money to be made getting the HN tech bro demographic on to something.

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