It costs money because not everything in life is free. Discord is actually free, so we’ve seriously lucked out there!
But the money you pay goes to our Meetup dues, which they charge twice a year. We’ve been on Meetup for YEARS because they have a very wide range of members joining for the same reason you did, to find PWG!
We also have some costs associated with keeping princetonwritinggroup.com going (domain, hosting).