# Ethan Mollick says private Discords are the last place to find humans

> Original title: Sadly, I think the answer is no.

- Source: Ethan Mollick
- Published: 2026-10-30T18:52:14.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/thohcgsdv5zinq7kos2frhajs
- Original: https://x.com/emollick/status/2116241785647231160

## Summary

Ethan Mollick answers "no" to whether the open web can keep human content, and suggests retreating to private Discord servers with real people. He replies to Mike Isaac, who says Google is hiding Reddit results he used to search for human answers.

## Post

Sadly, I think the answer is no.

Join some private Discords with real humans and hold the line there.

## Quoted post @MikeIsaac

> reddit basically one of the last places i search for human results and now google is shredding that. does the open web even exist in ten years?

https://x.com/MikeIsaac/status/2116159858693349688