Excited to see Discord do absolutely nothing about this despite it being an egregious breach of their TOS.
this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2024
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Discord‘s TOS only really applies when they feel like it.
When someone uses 3rd party client or creates a server for Nintendo emulator
Just like twitch
...and when they don't pay Discord under the table. Discord wouldn't be unique if this was the case either.
I think they'll give it a genuine shot. These stalking services pop up like weeds and every time it gets some media attention they end up with significant problems not much later. dis.cool was the last well-known entry but there's been more.
Can't wait for it to die and wither out. But I know they will retain a big pool of users on hostage like reddit or fb for a while.
Is matrix.org a viable alternative as of now or the near future?
If it has the same issues Lemmy does, probably not. People don't want to build an account on a server only to find out, three months later, it's run by tankies, or anti-piracy watchdogs, or any other number of unsavory things.
Matrix is great, if only I could convince my friends to use it.
I am still on it because of a small circle of friends.
From the article, the data collection hinges on a bot going into a public server then scraping the history. Still a problem that Discord should act on, but it looks like there is no need to worry about private servers.
Does anyone know what kind of naming pattern or bot identification methods we could use? I belong to a small public server that’s there to serve a public need.
You could probably have a verification system thing that I've seen some public servers have where you have to complete some action before getting access to the actual channels.
it redirects to a video of the infamous Jonah Jameson’s “Are you serious?” scene from Spider-Man
No, it hosts the video. DMCA!!1!!1!!!
Edit: Italicized "hosts". Wish we could use the tag.
You have to pay for it.....
Deleted discord recently because of the ads. Glad I did as iv been looking for reason to delete it for a while.
Time to switch to alternative open source ones: Revolt, Matrix, Spacebar...
Revolt looks and functions the most like Discord.
I don't have a Discord history, so that's one problem taken care of.
Just never talk in a public server and it still won't.
Another reason not to use Discord.
You should learn about how message federation works on Lemmy