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And if you intentionally want to have content that is objectionable, putting it on AWS seems like an awful idea. That's how Sci-Hub and TPB have managed to stic

And if you intentionally want to have content that is objectionable, putting it on AWS seems like an awful idea. That's how Sci-Hub and TPB have managed to stick around for decades, and they've shown censorship on the internet isn't really a thing. God knows how many powerful forces have tried to censor them, to no avail. While I agree that in some ways this is worse than the Parler case, it also is a free service that costs Discord a ton of money, especially with the hundreds of people constantly hanging out in voice chat [0]. A ventrilo server of that size would probably cost upwards of $100 a month [1]. So I'm not surprised with Discord wanting to enforce their ToS more readily than AWS who was actually making good money out of Parler. [0] https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1354532238524874753 https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1354532238524874753 [1] https://www.ventrilo4.com/ventrilo-server-hosting-prices.php https://www.ventrilo4.com/ventrilo-server-hosting-prices.php

ammple 6y ago
The Discord server in question claims "we got over 1,000 server boosts" [0]. That's Discord's monetization scheme, a sort of server-specific patreon subscription that users opt into, to collectively unlock features for that server specifically. Judging by the going rate for "server boosts", Discord would have easily had $5,000 a month in revenue tied to that server [1]. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/l6j4r9/where_do_we_go_from_here_and_who_is_going_to_step/ https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/l6j4r9/wher... [1] https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360028038352-Server-Boosting-#h_9dfb44db-c394-4339-863b-e6d1e3fb0469 https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360028038352-S...
Semaphor 6y ago
There were over 1000 sever boosts mentioned. It depends on the timeframe and how they got the boosts, but a single boost seems to cost at least $4 and can be up to $6.

ammple 6y ago

The Discord server in question claims "we got over 1,000 server boosts" [0]. That's Discord's monetization scheme, a sort of server-specific patreon subscription that users opt into, to collectively unlock features for that server specifically. Judging by the going rate for "server boosts", Discord would have easily had $5,000 a month in revenue tied to that server [1]. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/l6j4r9/where_do_we_go_from_here_and_who_is_going_to_step/ https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/l6j4r9/wher... [1] https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360028038352-Server-Boosting-#h_9dfb44db-c394-4339-863b-e6d1e3fb0469 https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360028038352-S...

Semaphor 6y ago

There were over 1000 sever boosts mentioned. It depends on the timeframe and how they got the boosts, but a single boost seems to cost at least $4 and can be up to $6.