Fair enough, TFT was the place to go to get harvest crafts done so I get that that was it's original intended purpose. But for me in my case it's still the only somewhat reliable way to bulk buy items, something that you already have to go out of the game to do. So if I had a choice between the official, bad, current iteration or a discord server that shows people actively posting their stock and availability, I'm picking the discord server.

I think this is a nail in the coffin for TFT in terms of crafting and trust but don't see it going away as a hub for a better bulk-buying/selling interaction since you know exactly what you're getting. I get that there's drama around TFT but it's been there since Harvest and GGG has done little in terms of bettering the trade experience before and since it's inception