PS thanks for asking! This is my favourite rant atm

Sure I guess—moreso than if I went everywhere. But I'm still in other groups and like I'll meet with my bookclub, my local nerd friend group, LAN parties, Doom modding projects, etc—I just won't join their chats.

Most socialising happens outside of Discord, so I feel like I'm just excluding myself from one of the bubbles by eschewing it.

It's the same thing with reddit, facebook, Instagram, tiktok, tumblr, substack, truth social, lemmyml, bluesky, yt, twiter, that mall that's owned by the rich fuck you hate, etc etc etc, and on and on. Maybe you're just on all of them, but imo it's reasonable to curate your social bubbles around what spaces you want to contribute to and partake in. It's not like there aren't enough to choose from.

Anyway, I've managed to pull a few people away, or get some people to become dual users. Every person that isn't only reachable except in the corporate playgrounds lessens the network effects that much more.