Discord defends itself against efforts to stop piracy on its platform by saying no to more invasive data collection. Even though Discord isn’t exactly known for privacy, this is a great move for its users. What are your thoughts?

  • @[email protected]
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    68 hours ago

    Why?

    Why is channel history needed for new users?

    Back in the IRC days you joined a channel that was just empty, if you wanted the history you had to run an IRC client continously, I remember running screen irssi on a separate computer and sshing into the server, reconnecting the screen with irssi in it.

    If you want the history automatically, you can’t expect privacy.

    • @JustARaccoon
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      64 hours ago

      Because a lot of people go to discord servers to access existing information?

    • @[email protected]
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      23 hours ago

      I remember running screen irssi on a separate computer and sshing into the server, reconnecting the screen with irssi in it.

      I still do that today.

    • @[email protected]
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      157 hours ago

      90% of the reason I even have discord is because people much smarter than me use it to share information. Nobody uses other areas suited for sharing information anymore. It’s either Reddit or discord.