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I was talking about needing a solution like this just a second ago. Down from the heavens, descends this. I'll be sure to give it a try!
Once I do that I'd like to DM you with some questions mid-kid.
Nice job on getting so much implemented and open for users!
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Not really for a few reasons: - The API grants you essentially a sublicense to the data, since Answer Overflow is a bot going through the official API and following the ToS properly, that should cover it for any potential issues - Answer Overflow gets consent from users to use their messages https://docs.answeroverflow.com/user-settings/displaying-mes...
Oh you're getting user consent, so that makes sense. But I don't really understand how the API would grant you a sublicense to host written works.
https://discord.com/developers/docs/policies-and-agreements/...
> Subject to your compliance with the Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, non-assignable, revocable license to access and use the APIs and Documentation we make available to you solely as necessary to integrate with, develop, and operate your Application
When you post on Discord, you grant them a transferable license to your content and that's one of the ways they use it
Disclaimer that it's probably more complicated than that and I'm a software engineer not a lawyer
(And to be honest, I think they would be justified too; I initially assumed it was related to Stack Overflow based on the title. but turns out it's not – this is the sort of confusion trademarks are intended to protect).
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What I wonder is why would anyone that cares about archiving/search would choose to use Discord?
Apparently because it is very easy to setup and offer a place where people can join. More and more open source projects are using it and I don't really like it, but what easy alternatives can you recommend to them? Genuine question, as it is an open issue for me. I want to focus on my project, not setting up and maintain a forum, mailing lists, etc. on top of that.
Like getting on a call with a coworker or a collaborator on the project. You can technically record it or leave it open to the public, but most people do not because they just see it as not "informing the public" worthy.
If this takes off you may very well get a letter from Stack Overflow lawyers over the name. It's your choice if you want to take that risk, but just FYI. (And to be honest, I think they would be justified too; I initially assumed it was related to Stack Overflow based on the title. but turns out it's not – this is the sort of confusion trademarks are intended to protect).
> Do name your application with something unique. Including one of the terms, "Stack" or "Exchange" or "Overflow" in your product name is generally okay.
It's a different enough product that I feel comfortable with it - Stack Overflow is only for programming while Answer Overflow is for all topics. Along with that Overflow is a pretty generic word and if you wanted to get super technical with it, the context I'm using the word in is "I have so many answers they're overflowing" while theirs is a reference to a programming term.
We'll see and I'm not a lawyer but given that their trademark guidelines allow it, I feel comfortable
If this takes off you may very well get a letter from Stack Overflow lawyers over the name. It's your choice if you want to take that risk, but just FYI. (And to be honest, I think they would be justified too; I initially assumed it was related to Stack Overflow based on the title. but turns out it's not – this is the sort of confusion trademarks are intended to protect).
Genuine question: I love Discord, but how on earth is it possible that such functionality was not built-in to begin with? I really don't understand how the need for indexing and search was overlooked.
It wasn't overlooked. The point is to make it difficult for outside users to access information unless they sign up.
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What I wonder is why would anyone that cares about archiving/search would choose to use Discord?
Apparently because it is very easy to setup and offer a place where people can join. More and more open source projects are using it and I don't really like it, but what easy alternatives can you recommend to them? Genuine question, as it is an open issue for me. I want to focus on my project, not setting up and maintain a forum, mailing lists, etc. on top of that.
Github discussions.
A project I follow moved all their Q&A from discord and it's a joy to both search and ask now.
Discord is actively hostile to anyone simply wanting to browse.
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It's beyond ironic that Discord called itself that, being the successor to OpenFeint and its privacy lawsuit scandal, and being proprietary. Now it is one of the most privacy-hostile AND preservation-hostile platforms around.
I'm not sure Discord knew what it wanted to be. Private for your friends, but not end-to-end encrypted. Chat for streamers with rooms, but not a streaming platform. (They tried. Twitch also tried to make a Discord-like desktop app.) Now they seem to be leaning into being Slack (notice that you can switch accounts, so your coworkers don't know you're xXxedgygamer69xXx or whatever.) My takeaway is to always be a little…
If this takes off you may very well get a letter from Stack Overflow lawyers over the name. It's your choice if you want to take that risk, but just FYI. (And to be honest, I think they would be justified too; I initially assumed it was related to Stack Overflow based on the title. but turns out it's not – this is the sort of confusion trademarks are intended to protect).
Under their own guidelines it's fine https://stackoverflow.com/legal/trademark-guidance > Do name your application with something unique. Including one of the terms, "Stack" or "Exchange" or "Overflow" in your product name is generally okay. It's a different enough product that I feel comfortable with it - Stack Overflow is only for programming while Answer Overflow is for all topics. Along with that Overflow is a pr…
It's your site, you can do what you want with it and you're free to ignore my comment – that's fine! But personally, I wouldn't have named it Answer Overflow.