discussion How Hot Is Discord?

[Wannabe]

The suspect being investigated in the U.S. Charlie Kirk murder case is said to have used Discord, maybe to communicate with accomplices. That means LEOs are looking hard at Discord right now. Don't know how that might affect any of our favorite devs or anyone else who's a regular visitor to that site, but it's worth being cautious.

 

[planeswalkinnsfw]

I think discord has probably been watched for awhile now. you see articles pretty often about people doing stupid/illegal shit on it so there's no way they don't pay attention to it

 

[Waylight]

It's not just that site, the whole of discord is nuclear hot right now, especially for gaming Dev's.
Everyone is on edge, a couple of Dev's have fallen to permanent bans in the last couple of weeks, and those of us that have been flagged (thanks Phdusa for that) in the last 2yrs are worried about getting a second one and being permanently banned.
I personally would be gutted if that happened, 90% of my AVN downloads come via discord.

 

[MisterRoboto]

What are you talking about, discord has been the main communication platform and watched very closely because of that for a while now. I used to watch QuackityHQ when he made the video about the furry discord community which enraged, and because of their actions, exposed the discord community moderation which was a majority from that server and had a major shakeup. That was the first "big controversy" I recall, and many more followed.

Technically speaking discord does not alow lol1s, even if they are 2D, nor cub porn, and you will be treated as if it was real cheese pizza for it, banned and your info sent to the cops. There's AI checking hashsum of every pic you upload to compare it to a known DB of CSAM and I think an AI that scans what you upload for the same reason. If you accept the TOS you also agreed that your voice chat might be monitored for AI training purposes.

Discord has been a no go for any kind of "controversial content" for YEARS now.

 

[scrapdragon]

just use discord as you live video/audio call platform. it offer no additional benefit for making a community out of it; just get your own domain/proxy domain for that. setting a community channel on any other platform like discord is just asking for extra necessary monitoring, for an additonal audio chat function the Dev will not and should not ever use on their supporters.

 

[PetriDish]

I don't think anything will change. I'm pretty sure LE has eyes on every mainstream messaging platform, and especially Discord after the whole loli/cub fiasco a few years ago, as well as the countless cases of grooming.
Worst case scenario is they start using AI or something to monitor everything we say there, but I don't think that'll happen. Too extreme, especially in an age where privacy is a hot topic.

 

[lucifer_6666]

Discord is a burning Minefield rightnow with hair-sensitive triggers. Best to stay extremely careful on there.