I feel like the discord and other site might function as liferafts but I don't think they will last forever
reddit isn't super good. i checked out /r/visual novels and half the front page is weekly threads posted by automoderator. i assume if I post a thread, it might get 1 or two posts and drop off since reddit is upvote based
4chan doesn't seem good. when you get a small discussion going you have to follow the links of >numbers and it gets messy. maybe if i create a thread its better, it seems like people stick to generals though so its harder to get a specific topic going
twitter, facebook, tik tok etc are completely unexplored territory for me. i probably wont ever try those. but they seem individual based rather than topic based. and i assume as soon as I click something ive now got an algorithm that will decide what I see instead of just letting me see random things
CE seemed perfect for this purpose. just browse through the threads, anyone could ask anything and have a discussion, even on niche things from a decade ago