When I saw mention of a Discord server or IRC channel, I became interested.
I keep hearing about Discord in other contexts and venues, but never had
an interest, until now.
I have been on IRC, off-and-on, since the 1990s.
Then I read, here, that Discord bragged about shutting down "white
supremacist" servers, and realized that it's run by left-wing
extremists. So I would be even more censored there than I am here, and
just as arbitrarily.
I'm wondering how many communist servers they've shut down? If so, why
haven't they bragged about that? I would also think servers facilitating
Antifa organizing its terrorist activities would be a greater "problem"
than a few white supremacists trying to find a place where they can
discuss their odious opinions. Especially today, when "white
supremacist" has been made synonymous with "doesn't wholeheartedly
endorse left-wing extremist ideology".
But that's politics, and I don't come here to discuss politics. Suffice
to say, any social media that concerns itself with social engineering
turns me off. Discord is a publisher, it appears, not a platform.
That said, I'm of the opinion that IRC would be a more appropriate venue
for Model-T chat. Like the Model-T, it's a vintage technology.
Theoretically an IRC client could be written for the Model-T,
especially, I would think, under RexCPM. I don't believe a Discord
client would be as easy, if even possible.
And I do think most of us would welcome the opportunity to encourage
increased use of Model-Ts in the Model-T community.
Semi-off-topic, does anyone know of an active Model-T oriented or
related BBS?
