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Discord.
Doesn't matter whose. They're all shit. They're not a substitute for forums for support yet everyone uses them as that. They breed power-tripping children (and man-children) who think they're super special because they mod some server. They're made for churning out drama. They aren't searchable from search engines. I mean they were made for GAMERS and then spread out to the rest of the toxic internet.
I agree with your points but I disagree with your belief that all of them are shit. I'm in some to follow some small youtuber because I keep not getting notified of their be uploads (I've been following Etho's Lab for over a decade and watched every single upload of his as soon as possible since then but youtube still doesn't show me his videos), an artist server to catch their latest drawings and go hang out with other people who like his art and nargacuga in general as well as some friend servers to play games and share memes. I literally just got out of a call I was for about 4 to 5 hours with my friend as I played one game and they played another until enough people got together to continue playing R.E.P.O.
Discord has its horrible servers, but you can def find some good places to hang out, you just have to avoid the absolutely gigantic ones with hundreds of people, but even then you can get good ones. Etho's fan server is big but I've always had a great time there. The labrats one is another that I've had a great time sharing my horrible lab stories with and gotten good tips back. Discord is not too different from other social networks, if you don't curate it right, you will get a lot of shit, but if you manage to get it right it can be great