It's fascinating to see these online communities develop.

See also:

- The Slate comments. Here an author profiles the regular commentors that disparage his articles, and it's surprisingly wholesome [0]

- Odd Lots Discord chat. Odd Lots is a podcast about the economy, and has a massive Discord that has an entire life of its own [1]. There are long substack posts profiling some of the most prolific users [2]

[0] https://slate.com/life/2026/09/comments-commenters-slate-fri... ( https://archive.is/vs8OD )

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/business/odd-lots-podcast...