Discord can be multiple things, for some it is just a teamspeak server (village), for others it is facebook groups for under 30s (city). Both seem to work and

Discord can be multiple things, for some it is just a teamspeak server (village), for others it is facebook groups for under 30s (city). Both seem to work and people are able to choose. I think it is also important that reddit facilitates a very different model of interaction, a discord server with a thousand users can be extremely active and engaging, while a subreddit with a thousand people tends to be quite "empty".