This shows Discord is a genuine successor to Web 1.0 forums. :-)

Unnecessary channels are unnecessary subforums. User roles are user ranks (https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3.1/kb/article/everyth...), indicating both software permissions and social status. T&C—well, forum engines like phpBB, MyBB, and SMF come with a standard user agreement they show before registration. There is more concern with it now because the Internet is real life.

As for training an entire generation of bureaucrats and bean-counters, I leave it to the reader to judge.