Reddit and Discord are absolutely awful on this. Hundreds of the most valuable subreddits have been destroyed by corrupt mods, lifetime appointments, and absolute power over the subreddit. We should find better solutions and in no way seek to replicate their flaws.
This problem was 'fixed' before Reddit even became a massive platform. Discoverability means people can easily leave draconian instances/sites in the dust, as is the case with almost all of the community splits back in the 2000s. Unfortunately, anti-discoverability is the norm now.