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He seemed pretty optimistic that this would hopefully bring back forums/irc/vent servers or anything self hostable

He’s naive as hell, especially if he thinks that the average person is willing to self-host fuck-all.

This’ll drive some of the more privacy-conscious users somewhere else, but some might not have an option depending on what they use it for, and many software projects etc. use Discord for support (“I just won’t use that software!” is an idiot’s answer to that, because again, you might not have a choice). LGBT+ folks will probably be more spooked, but even they might not have a choice.

The average user won’t give a flying fuck