Explain to me why we have a discord for the general. What does it add to /vrg/?

The majority of /vg/ has made a rule against having a discord in their general as they see it as infestation or pest from an outside source. Why don’t we finally man-up and throw out the pest which keeps destroying our general?

We don’t need it! We can host in the thread and people can discuss privatly through DMs. I just don’t get it.