I think I know which server you're talking about, (and am also in it too, but discords past a certain size I get too intimidated to talk in often, then mute and just lurk) and I really get your feelings there...
I also agree with one of the points brought up in the replies here. People gathering together loosely, and in an unorganized fashion isn't really what I'd call a community, especially as a lurker for a lot of my life in many online spaces that called themselves such. But at the same time as you said in a reply here too, there also may definitely have been a group of people in there for longer and have talked more, and may feel/have that community feeling.
As someone who once did mod a discord for 3 years, as the size grows, people will not be fully caught up with the details, feel left out or just not feel the same as a whole entirely. That is a part of the growth of just about all public discords, regardless of purpose or intent. Trying to form a discord as an actual community, in the true sense of the word, is definitely possible! And I'm sure it's happened out there somewhere, but most places I've seen, to form community in the true sense of the word it has to be built in the foundation of the server from the very start. Not figured out as things go along. Which is how a lot of servers I've seen do it.
And after a certain size passes, that just gets a lot harder to do. More people joining, with different wants, views, and needs. It can get rather unruly and even if the server's foundation was exactly what a newbie in there wants, It's still so easy to feel left at the wayside compared to the rest. Discord servers can be great, but trying to form actual community in one has a lot of challenges that I don't have any of the answers to. Not saying or assuming all servers, or even this one aren't trying or haven't tried to form community, because I just don't know what all the goings on are in any server.
Hopefully I made some sense here, the coffee hasn't fully woken up my brain in full yet. Still a bit sleepy. *_* Just as someone with 3 years of mod and running a server experience I have A Lot of thoughts about Discord as a platform and trying to host a space there, but articulation of thoughts regardless of subject has always been a big struggle of mine. One day when I have all the needed words, I'd really like to make a post about it.
And back to your post: I really also feel those same vibes too as you do, I'm probably not gonna be in there for much longer myself either.
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I also agree with one of the points brought up in the replies here. People gathering together loosely, and in an unorganized fashion isn't really what I'd call a community, especially as a lurker for a lot of my life in many online spaces that called themselves such. But at the same time as you said in a reply here too, there also may definitely have been a group of people in there for longer and have talked more, and may feel/have that community feeling.
As someone who once did mod a discord for 3 years, as the size grows, people will not be fully caught up with the details, feel left out or just not feel the same as a whole entirely. That is a part of the growth of just about all public discords, regardless of purpose or intent. Trying to form a discord as an actual community, in the true sense of the word, is definitely possible! And I'm sure it's happened out there somewhere, but most places I've seen, to form community in the true sense of the word it has to be built in the foundation of the server from the very start. Not figured out as things go along. Which is how a lot of servers I've seen do it.
And after a certain size passes, that just gets a lot harder to do. More people joining, with different wants, views, and needs. It can get rather unruly and even if the server's foundation was exactly what a newbie in there wants, It's still so easy to feel left at the wayside compared to the rest. Discord servers can be great, but trying to form actual community in one has a lot of challenges that I don't have any of the answers to. Not saying or assuming all servers, or even this one aren't trying or haven't tried to form community, because I just don't know what all the goings on are in any server.
Hopefully I made some sense here, the coffee hasn't fully woken up my brain in full yet. Still a bit sleepy. *_* Just as someone with 3 years of mod and running a server experience I have A Lot of thoughts about Discord as a platform and trying to host a space there, but articulation of thoughts regardless of subject has always been a big struggle of mine. One day when I have all the needed words, I'd really like to make a post about it.
And back to your post: I really also feel those same vibes too as you do, I'm probably not gonna be in there for much longer myself either.