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Originally Posted by Russic
There was a great twitter thread from a guy who sat down and played with his kids to try and figure it out (I can't find it, so I'll summarize). He was surprised to find few of the kids were playing with any seriousness, but rather just hanging out in it and talking. For many it's become a social hub more so than a just a game.
Not to derail this into "kids these days" territory or anything, but that seems to be a huge part of the appeal. I was talking with a friend who has teenagers and he said it's fascinating. His kids have 5x the social circle he ever did, although they rarely actually meet up all that much. Kids move to different cities and countries, and it doesn't actually change a whole lot.
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I'm pretty far out from being a kid, but I would say at least 40% of my social circle all hang out in the same Discord and as a result I get to chat, swap memes/pics and play games much easier than I did even 10 years ago.