Discord Is Threatening to Shutdown BotGhost

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Post by exists » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 8:16 PM UTC

Discord Is Threatening to Shutdown BotGhost
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Re: Discord Is Threatening to Shutdown BotGhost

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Post by czk » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 8:40 PM UTC

I've often thought about the amount of data that these bot services must have access to (they could log millions of private channels), data thats silo'd away from search engines/indexers and could be pretty valuable to sell to someone training an AI model, or doing other things.

A while back there was a service called 'Spy Pet' that ran hundreds of discord bots selling access to searchable data logs. I wonder if discord is primarily concerned about the massive logging capability of services like these.

Re: Discord Is Threatening to Shutdown BotGhost

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Post by koakuma-chan » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 8:41 PM UTC

Sorry for your loss. I too virtually stopped using Discord in favor of, mostly, Reddit (lesser of two evils).

Re: Discord Is Threatening to Shutdown BotGhost

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Post by neom » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 8:43 PM UTC

I'm building a lot on discord right now, I like it but I keep getting scared, then I think, eh, irc servers could have gone away too I suppose, in fact they did, much was lost. I'm sure I'm missing a lot of nuanced thinking in this though.

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Post by colesantiago » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 8:46 PM UTC

Repeat after me and frame this.

Never build your main business on somebody else's platform.

Always assume that you will get shutdown / rugged when you do so.

Re: Discord Is Threatening to Shutdown BotGhost

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Post by like_any_other » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 8:47 PM UTC

colesantiago wrote: post #5

Repeat after me and frame this. Never build your main business on somebody else's platform. Always assume that you will get shutdown / rugged when you do so.

Yeah, if you want to pump oil, you better also build your own railways to distribute it, because you won't like what Standard Oil will charge you for their trains.

Re: Discord Is Threatening to Shutdown BotGhost

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Post by LambdaComplex » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 8:49 PM UTC

neom wrote: post #4

I'm building a lot on discord right now, I like it but I keep getting scared, then I think, eh, irc servers could have gone away too I suppose, in fact they did, much was lost. I'm sure I'm missing a lot of nuanced thinking in this though.

You can always run your own IRC server. If Discord shuts down, then you're out of luck.

Re: Discord Is Threatening to Shutdown BotGhost

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Post by zapzupnz » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 8:53 PM UTC

koakuma-chan wrote: post #3

Sorry for your loss. I too virtually stopped using Discord in favor of, mostly, Reddit (lesser of two evils).

I'm not sure how the two are remotely comparable. I don't go to Reddit for live discussion, voice and video chat, etc.

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Post by anonym29 » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 8:54 PM UTC

koakuma-chan wrote: post #3

Sorry for your loss. I too virtually stopped using Discord in favor of, mostly, Reddit (lesser of two evils).

The lesser of two evils is still evil. Make Forums Great Again!

Re: Discord Is Threatening to Shutdown BotGhost

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Post by neom » Mon, Jun 23, 2025, 8:54 PM UTC

LambdaComplex wrote: post #7

neom wrote: post #4

I'm building a lot on discord right now, I like it but I keep getting scared, then I think, eh, irc servers could have gone away too I suppose, in fact they did, much was lost. I'm sure I'm missing a lot of nuanced thinking in this though.

You can always run your own IRC server. If Discord shuts down, then you're out of luck.

Indeed. Discord have really nailed the... ircd, if you will, for what I use discord for (community building in non-technical abstract user bases), it's perfect, terrifying, but perfect.