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Discord servers come and go. People have lives that change over the years. Also, there's the definite issue of hesitation to post on a server that last saw a message a month ago, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The Beehaw Discord can go days without a post (in fairness, I can't speak to the #gaming channel, as I have it muted). My college roommate's ostensible gaming server is the same way. Ditto for the local server I'm in.
Discord -- at least the way I've used it -- is generally for low-volume, low-importance communication with people you know at least parasocially. It's a completely different beast from the firehoses of social media companies, and I prefer it that way. Also, while it's far from "secure," conversations aren't indexed by Google, providing a certain level of privacy.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to fetch my pipe and slippers, head out to the rocking chair and yell at a cloud.