The distinct social carnage caused by the rise and catastrophic fall of a specific online community. This isn't about the app, but the volatile micro-societies within it. The trauma involves witnessing (or causing) epic, personal drama in text channels, the whiplash of inside jokes turning into weapons, the gut-punch of a mass exodus or a server nuke, and the ghost-town feeling of returning to a once-vibrant community now filled only with deleted messages and banned-user tags. You lose not just friends, but an entire shared world and history.
Example: "He gets quiet whenever someone mentions 'The Great Art Channel Purge of 2022.' That's his trauma from Discord servers. One mod's bad day led to 30 bans, the server splintering into five hostile factions, and the loss of the only place he ever felt creatively understood."
by Abzugal January 30, 2026
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