This thread shares the same flaw that has led to a lot of issues in the past, and even the creation of some of the same servers you've mentioned - People discuss what they consider problems in their closed circle of like-minded people, which naturally leads to a conclusion which the collective more or less agree to, and so thinking they're right they take action based on the assumption that what they came up with is the ultimate solution, while in reality no one outside that aforementioned circle has even been let into the discussion, and so no "opposing opinions" were taken into consideration.

With that in mind, if you really want to assess the impact of your suggestion on Discovery mod playerbase, it'd be best if you remake this thread in forums belonging to those other servers you're suggesting to be forcibly discontinued and merged with the official server, rather than a forum mainly intended for and mostly populated by players of the GC server, who obviously would love to see the player count boosted again.