I resisted as long as I could, but a Discord account has happened at last.
I’m not posting my handle yet/here…mostly because what I like most is that I don’t HAVE to “friend” the world to have enjoyable topic-based interaction.

(Also I have no freaking idea what I’m doing and want to dabble a bit before I start reaching out much.)

If we are friends IRL or close buddies online through some other social platform & you want to connect on Discord, by all means message me your handle.
BUT
Do NOT take it personally if I don’t send a friend request or respond to one. PLEASE don’t. I am easily overwhelmed & lurking is my learning zone.

My first impression overall is, it’s brilliant. Topics/servers divided into channels for smaller topics or threads of interest, with the idea of friending saved for for private, personal interaction? AND convo timelines that are reliably chronological? Yeah. I could get used to that.

It reminds me of the old-fashioned newsgroup environment, with the added conveniences of sms group chat and a voice option.
And I loved the rec.arts.sf.written newsgroup back in the Earthlink/AOL/9600 baud modem days…oy, so long ago now. (My handle there was Sarcastic Wench, btw. Truth in advertising.)

ANYway. I’m all excited about the new addition, so, I’m sharing. It’s what I do. I get excited about things, and I post about them.