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

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.

Wannabe contributor for /walletbeat.

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.