many people who have joined have related their extended stints on communities Reddit, Dig, Slashdot, or even older places like Usenet, and i’m super interested in what your best memories and favorite experiences on places like that have been in your time using them
Sounds like someone needs to create a Fediverse version of Discord soon. :)
IRC was somewhat federated in its construction, but yeah it’s not mobile friendly at all. It’s barely Windows friendly, as it was designed to be ran on console/shell/terminal level.