hollyhoppet

hollyhoppet OP wrote

while i really don't like discord as a company i think it's important to remember that the perceived barrier to entry is way smaller than irc for non-technical people. i can't tell you how many times in the IRC's heyday people expressed not wanting to join because IRC seemed difficult to use for them.

i honestly feel like IRC and its successors (discord, slack, matrix to a degree) are major internet infrastructure, and there should be a more accessible version of it that isn't owned by a corporation but we don't really have that.

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hollyhoppet OP wrote (edited )

getting laid off during a concussion has hit me p hard. been feeling more lows than highs, but i'm hanging in there. making music and playing games and waiting to get either approved or denied for unemployment

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