Within their book club, there are multiple channels, including one for members to tell a little about themselves, and another for those who play the collaborative online game Among Us to have group voice calls about what’s happening. (A library in Ontario hosts a text-based “Introverts Book Club” on Discord.) Göttsche and Visagie tell participants that they should feel free to just observe. and chat about books that I love,” Visagie, who is 24 and lives outside Johannesburg, told me in a conversation in Discord. The women subdivide each book into four parts, and participants hop on Discord at the same time each Monday to discuss the chapters, mostly in furious back-and-forths of texts and emojis. Think of the app as like running group texts with your family members, except meticulously organized by topic and with options to seamlessly jump from text to voice chat.Įach month’s book selection has its own text thread, called a channel. Göttsche and Visagie walked me through how their Read Better Book Club uses Discord. Like group texts with family - but organized
“Discord seemed to be the most expansive, and we could talk about multiple topics at once,” said Göttsche, who is 25 and completing her master’s degree in children’s and young adult literature.
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