37% of the world’s population have still never used the internet

Re:37% of the world’s population have still never used the i... by conductr on Sunday December 26, 2021 @11:17PM (#29699129)

It will never end because new users come online to use it in completely different ways than prior generations of users. Even when everyone on earth is touching the internet, there is biological churn.

As a personal example, I've never used a Discord but see references to it everywhere online and am vaguely aware of what it is (IRC to me). Generally, I don't get why chatting is so interesting and I'm only interested in async communication methods.

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Re:37% of the world’s population have still never used the i... by forgotmyoldname on Sunday December 26, 2021 @11:28PM (#29699221)

Well, discord is async. You come and go and respond whenever you want to.

It's the same as old IM/chat room applications. The big difference being that it allows voice chat if you want it and some embedded file sharing.

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Re:37% of the world’s population have still never used the i... by conductr on Monday December 27, 2021 @03:11PM (#29706262)

Voice chat is another level of “why do I need that” in my mind for me personally. I’m actually surprised younger generations are interested in that given they won’t even make a phone call to order a pizza. It’s for talking smack on video games I suppose.

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