The Discord medium for Midjourney wasn't a random choice.

2025-10-06 · Bits and Bobs 10/6/25

The Discord medium for Midjourney wasn't a random choice.
- Midjourney is about emergent collective intelligence.
- Having use in public allowed it to feel effervescent, alive, inspiring.
- It also allowed best practices to be discovered by the swarm and propagate.

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