The idea that the Discord is negatively affecting the Guild is absolutely ridiculous. It's literally the same audience of individuals with the same personalities, interests, and so on. Just because Johnny Jay is a jerk on Discord doesn't mean that he's not a jerk on the Guild as well. Blame the users, not the platform. You don't blame a knife because you decide to stab someone, do you? That definitely wouldn't hold up in a modern court of law.

And more importantly, there's this:
[quote=@Odin]
is this even a debate or is it literally two people in the status bar crying about something that doesn't exist

i think it's the latter
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