[miav]

The reaction to Discord age verification fiasco once again makes me believe that HN users just don’t have friends.

There is no alternative for Discord for bigger groups.

If there was, I still couldn’t move multiple social circles to it, no matter how much I evangelised.

The “just don’t use the less morally aligned platform” argument has always been valid only for those without a strong need for it, whether it’s X or Discord.

[palata]

> The reaction to Discord age verification fiasco once again makes me believe that HN users just don’t have friends. There is no alternative for Discord

Are you saying that people who don't talk to their friends over Discord don't have friends?

Is that a statement you genuinely find reasonable?

[LoganDark]

They're saying people with friends generally don't have access to them all on one single alternative platform, like they might with Discord.

[palata]

No no, they say "HN users just don’t have friends".

[tim1994]

Well, someone has to start. It's ok if you use the alternative with a subset of your contacts.

[hackable_sand]

It has to overcome some critical mass, i.e. political inertia.

[moring]

Using whatever platform you prefer with a subset of people is fine and doable, but you're lying to yourself if you think that it is the "start" of anything.

[dominicq]

Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal? I have friends and I don't use Discord or understand why I would want to use it.

[sva_]

I mostly use Telegram with my friends circle. You can have groups with individual topics. But we don't do group calls. I don't really see the appeal of group calls unless you are a gamer maybe. If I want to talk to them, I go meet them.

Signal for direct messaging and calls

[kreco]

> HN users just don’t have friends.

So once you have friends all connected parties requires to install Discords. How does that work?

Are your parents friendless, do they use Discord?

[Kelteseth]

Self hosted TeamSpeak for communication & gaming and a signal group for chatting.