R.I.P. (the P stands for poop) Skype.
Thank you Noxid for introducing me to discord years ago through this thread. Despite the app itself going downhill due to capitalism and shi, I've actually had a mostly positive experience with the people and communities I've found through it.
As for the app going downhill, I wish more open source, user friendly solutions like Telegram were popular with the hobbyist communities I want to hang out with and not just like, war propagandist child predators sharing gore vids.
I've gotten mad in the past when people made that same observation because I believe in being the change you want in the world, but unfortunately it takes two or more to tango with something like this, and I don't got anyone to talk to on there so I guess I shouldn't be a hypocrite.