

I believe it actually does matter. Every person using Discord brings their friends onto the platform. Users leaving will probably also lead to others in their bubble leaving/following to an alternative.
So lots of people leaving has a bigger effect than just that set of users being absent. Even if you didn’t pay for Nitro, some of your friends might have and may stop now.

There is also real-time coverage of pretty much everything happening anywhere in the world accessible to everyone 24/7.
As a kid most horrible news were only covered briefly and didn’t feel as close/threatening as they do now with social media.