User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/The future of Chat/@comment-45372202-20200806064904/@comment-35455167-20200807002245

Not sure what Shawn the WI2-4RD had in mind, but one way that getting a Fandom account is easier than getting a Discord account is that Discord tolerates older systems less than Fandom does. But if that's your issue, I'd recommend IRC.

With IRC, logging in is optional, but can be set up to be required in order to enter the main chat, and all that's needed for logging in is a valid e-mail address. No recaptcha BS. You don't get the chat history while you are not in the channel, but there are bots that can log the history and post it on a daily/weekly basis.