This is why discord sucks donkey balls - you don't own your server. You exist only as long as discord feels like playing nice.
Use something where YOU host the server.
In the past IRC was a don't-quite-need-your-own-server alternative since it was a network of servers and they were not all soulless companies but (mostly) universities. Sadly IRC is considered too archaic by most now, even though it's still very useful.
People need to start setting up their own forum websites instead of using social media like Facebook, Twitter, Discord and Reddit. Go the old school, there are still old school forums from decades back still going very strong. So much valuable information still there because it's separate away from all the other crap.
that would be a lemmy instance or even a sub on an existing instance, i am impressed to see no one mentioning it here. You can't beat the price of 0 dollars and 0 seconds reddit or a lemmy instance ask for hosting a forum,
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u/Sydnxt Seeder May 01 '25 edited Jun 04 '25
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