Thinking out loud about the problems of still using Discord in 2025.

Thinking out loud about the problems of still using Discord in 2025.
https://paragraph.xyz/@dfern.eth/the-communication-paradox

Software Engineer @ Cadence Design Systems. B4: Stanford EE / Illinois ECE

BDFL of Quilibrium, Eng @ Farcaster, ex-Coinbase, always opinionated, never hydrated

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what an interesting coincidence 🙂 keep an eye out for Christmas Day

from a conversation today in our discord server

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Censorship resistance requires privacy.

Oh man, I forgot Telegram! Man...I try to block it out of my memory that I still have an account, but sometimes I need it for IRL meetups...in my defence, I mostly just show up and pitch them Farcaster, Bluesky, etc.

Had similar thoughts every time someone has asked me for my Telegram handle (which does not exist) and didn't have an account on any less-centralized platform.
I can understand defaulting to asking about centralized platforms first, but the lack of willingness to create an account elsewhere points to a deeper problem.

The truth hurts to read

"By continuing to rely primarily on centralized platforms, the Ethereum community risks undermining its own message. Each time a developer chooses Discord over Matrix, or Twitter over Farcaster, they tacitly signal that the advantages of centralized systems outweigh the values of decentralization."

Because I don't see the dynamic changing anytime soon