I really can't overstate how much I hate seeing how homogenous the idea of "online community" has become.

I really can't overstate how much I hate seeing how homogenous the idea of "online community" has become. So many of them just being slightly different Discord servers that look fucking identical. "But Volpeon, they have different banners and emojis" OH WOW. A DIFFERENT BANNER. Clearly things aren't all that different from those old online communities I grew up with which had their own wacky website and a forum using a custom theme etc.

Like yeah, sure, everything is now easier to navigate because it's consistent, but in that process it became samey and boring.

I really can't overstate how much I hate seeing how homogenous the idea of "online community" has become. So many of them just being slightly different Discord servers that look fucking identical. "But Volpeon, they have different banners and emojis" OH WOW. A DIFFERENT BANNER. Clearly things aren't all that different from those old online communities I grew up with which had their own wacky website and a forum using a custom theme etc.

Like yeah, sure, everything is now easier to navigate because it's consistent, but in that process it became samey and boring.

I really can't overstate how much I hate seeing how homogenous the idea of "online community" has become. So many of them just being slightly different Discord servers that look fucking identical. "But Volpeon, they have different banners and emojis" OH WOW. A DIFFERENT BANNER. Clearly things aren't all that different from those old online communities I grew up with which had their own wacky website and a forum using a custom theme etc.

Like yeah, sure, everything is now easier to navigate because it's consistent, but in that process it became samey and boring.

I used Discord for a while and I'm confident I can describe most communities on there.

There's an #\offtopic or #\general where most of the activity takes place.
There's a #\memes with moderate activity.
Maybe #\animals for cute animal photos.
#\rules and #\announcements of course.
If the server owner is a creator they have an update channel for their own works.
#\welcome to greet everyone the millisecond they joined which is just GREAT for people like me who want to check the vibe first.
Maybe there's a forum channel, and it's basically dead.

I used Discord for a while and I'm confident I can describe most communities on there.

There's an #\offtopic or #\general where most of the activity takes place.
There's a #\memes with moderate activity.
Maybe #\animals for cute animal photos.
#\rules and #\announcements of course.
If the server owner is a creator they have an update channel for their own works.
#\welcome to greet everyone the millisecond they joined which is just GREAT for people like me who want to check the vibe first.
Maybe there's a forum channel, and it's basically dead.