I've been going outside, the library, and engaging with my kids. Lemmy and Discord do scratch a social itch but they aren't the time sink reddit and Twitter were

Mini M&Ms

I should have seen this coming

Not only are there fewer trolls here but there are but more well thought out replies and less attention seeking in general. The entirety of Reddit is going to turn into r/teenagers

I loved FIDOnet - I dialed into the Chicago node to send an "electronic mail" when I was in the boy scouts. I knew I had to have that at home.