@0xabad1dea Certainly, most of this is true. You can always add the Things You Don't Need later. You need the other stuff to gain any traction at all, though.
Admittedly, I do not have any fucking clue how Discord works, and I have literally zero idea why people use it. I've spent some time there and found the entire experience fucking horrible.
(Which is why I'm not trying to write the replacement. I'm more than happy with IRC)