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Re:Ask HN: Do you think the future of social media looks lik... by rchaud on Thursday May 18, 2023 @05:06PM (#35994050)
Honestly, any time I hear "join our Discord", for information that could easily be posted on the website, or on their Twitter, I think that Discord is the modern version of "subscribe to my newsletter", aka creating a captive audience that you can market a future product to.
Re:Ask HN: Do you think the future of social media looks lik... by veggieburrito on Thursday May 18, 2023 @05:35PM (#35994396)
Thanks for mentioning, hadn’t really pinpointed it but this has been my impression as well. “Like and subscribe”