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Everything's about creating and consuming shit or just keeping up with whatever the fuck the people we already know is doin, i miss the days when you could find a random chatroom with 4 people and be friends with three of em through shared hobbies, i doubt there's any such thing anymore but if there is feel free to suggest .

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[โ€“] turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Small groups, private groups like Discord are definitely replacing social media. Which is good because they're smaller circles and can just be people you know IRL. Discord's interface sucks on mobile, yeah. I wish there was a better alternative, something that is, on the surface, simple to use like WhatsApp but featured and powerful as well, so non-gamers and older folks would adopt it faster.

[โ€“] serpineslair@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I wish there was a better alternative, something that is, on the surface, simple to use like WhatsApp but featured and powerful as well, so non-gamers and older folks would adopt it faster.

Signal? Desktop app isn't quite there but its pretty close. I heard they were working on detaching the desktop app from mobile completely, which imo is one of the last major things I miss when switching from Discord. Of course there are no servers, only group dms, but I never really bothered with servers anyway. Sorta unnecessary.