Discord ends deal talks with Microsoft

Post by veonik » Sat, Apr 24, 2021, 3:08 PM UTC

ehsankia wrote: post #481

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Obviously discord is different than only mumble alone. Discord is not very different from mumble + IRC, which is what we are comparing to and what I said in my post. IRC of course does have history if you keep your client open which most people do. Most organized gaming groups used mumble/ts/vent and some combination of IRC and forums. The only difference here is that they're physically in the same app, and of course…

> keep your client open which most people do. [citation needed] I know very few people who leave their computer on 24/7. I agree forums is actually probably closer to replicating what Discord has, those were definitely a big part of pre-discord communities. And yes, my main point was that it has become a lot more accessible and free, leading it to blow up.

Post by anticensor » Sat, Apr 24, 2021, 8:18 PM UTC

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However, individually deleting messages using their API does delete them from their servers[0]. [0]: https://blog.discord.com/how-discord-stores-billions-of-mess...

It does, but that is not always an option. What if you shared personal information on a server you no longer have access to? Your only option is to wait a week for your data export and then wait another 2-3 weeks for a support ticket to get to the stage of threatening Discord into actually removing individual messages. What if you're being stalked? What if you said something incridebly dumb on a server you assumed wa…

Post by sascha_sl » Thu, Apr 29, 2021, 4:26 PM UTC

anticensor wrote: post #513

sascha_sl wrote: post #470

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It does, but that is not always an option. What if you shared personal information on a server you no longer have access to? Your only option is to wait a week for your data export and then wait another 2-3 weeks for a support ticket to get to the stage of threatening Discord into actually removing individual messages. What if you're being stalked? What if you said something incridebly dumb on a server you assumed wa…

> Discord needs searchable dashboard that allows one-click removal. The thing is there is no user→message mappings stored in their database. The data structures are designed for message→user traversal. Nothing like Facebook's user activity log.