@gamingonlinux@mastodon.social I hate, hate, hate the isolation of so many hobby communities in Discord. For one, as you state it keeps important info hidden unless you are a member. For another, I will not subject myself to many firehoses of information by joining dozens of Discord servers just to keep up with my interests.
I end up joining certain Discords briefly just to find something or ask a question, and then have to leave because I just don't have the hours in a day to keep up.