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Friendly reminder that when you delete your discord account, they don't delete your statements, just strip the account name from them, similar to how Github is

by est31 5y ago

Friendly reminder that when you delete your discord account, they don't delete your statements, just strip the account name from them, similar to how Github is doing it with their ghost account. For Github, I sort of understand it. For discord, it feels very dangerous to me.

SilverRed 5y ago
No IM platform I am aware of does this. SMS doesn't do it, telegram doesn't do it, email doesn't do it. Most platforms do not even let you edit or delete messages at all.
- deleted 5y ago
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- eitland 5y ago
  In Telegram you absolutely can delete messages from the UI at least and I've seen nothing to suggest anyone knows a way to get them back as if it was known someone surely had posted it here ;-) Just log press, delete and select "Delete for me and <other(s)>". In Telegram, as an admin you can also select auto delete for a group.
  - guardian5x 5y ago
    You can also delete messages in Discord and much more.
    - eitland 5y ago
      I don't know and I don't have anything bad (or good) to say about Discord, I just wanted to point out that it was possible in Telegram.
- est31 5y ago
  For SMS, the logs are stored on the devices, not with the providers. So providers have to take an extra effort to listen in. With Discord, it's already in a database. E-Mail does keep logs around but many clients have features to delete mails older than N weeks/months/etc. In discord or telegram, you need to use third party tools for that.
tester34 5y ago
You can write/use script that deletes all your messages I haven't used this myself, but maybe this? https://gist.github.com/victornpb/135f5b346dea4decfc8f63ad7d9cc182 https://gist.github.com/victornpb/135f5b346dea4decfc8f63ad7d...
voldacar 5y ago
I like that. If someone's sent me a message in the past, they shouldnt be able to retroactively reach into my computer and remove it.
- josefx 5y ago
  There is you not wanting to delete information from a public web service when they ask and there is people dying because you wouldn't delete information from a public web service.
- dendriti 5y ago
  Strange that you're worried about someone "reaching into your computer" but seem to have no problem using Discord, whose disrespect for personal privacy is legendary.
- est31 5y ago
  It's not your computer. The cloud, and discord is a cloud service, is always someone else's computer. If you want it be stored locally on your computer, use the discord data export feature or some other feature like it. Also, Discord might be a "nice" company right now, but maybe it gets bought by facebook in 5 years.
jb1991 5y ago
Isn’t this also how Reddit does it? Seems to be a popular strategy for social media services.
namibj 5y ago
GitHub also allows you to self-bot. Discord will ban you for that, even if you delete your messages with the app on a stock Android without any macros or other tools that reduce the required effort over the naive way (e.g. `from: namibj` search; repeat for each "server"). (Btw; you have a pending email. I lost my old domain, but keybase has other accounts and an encryption key linked. You have 24h before I'll have to reach out harder, due to acute urgency.)

by est31 5y ago

SilverRed 5y ago

No IM platform I am aware of does this. SMS doesn't do it, telegram doesn't do it, email doesn't do it. Most platforms do not even let you edit or delete messages at all.

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eitland 5y ago
In Telegram you absolutely can delete messages from the UI at least and I've seen nothing to suggest anyone knows a way to get them back as if it was known someone surely had posted it here ;-) Just log press, delete and select "Delete for me and <other(s)>". In Telegram, as an admin you can also select auto delete for a group.
- guardian5x 5y ago
  You can also delete messages in Discord and much more.
  - eitland 5y ago
    I don't know and I don't have anything bad (or good) to say about Discord, I just wanted to point out that it was possible in Telegram.
est31 5y ago
For SMS, the logs are stored on the devices, not with the providers. So providers have to take an extra effort to listen in. With Discord, it's already in a database. E-Mail does keep logs around but many clients have features to delete mails older than N weeks/months/etc. In discord or telegram, you need to use third party tools for that.

tester34 5y ago

You can write/use script that deletes all your messages I haven't used this myself, but maybe this? https://gist.github.com/victornpb/135f5b346dea4decfc8f63ad7d9cc182 https://gist.github.com/victornpb/135f5b346dea4decfc8f63ad7d...

voldacar 5y ago

I like that. If someone's sent me a message in the past, they shouldnt be able to retroactively reach into my computer and remove it.

josefx 5y ago
There is you not wanting to delete information from a public web service when they ask and there is people dying because you wouldn't delete information from a public web service.
dendriti 5y ago
Strange that you're worried about someone "reaching into your computer" but seem to have no problem using Discord, whose disrespect for personal privacy is legendary.
est31 5y ago
It's not your computer. The cloud, and discord is a cloud service, is always someone else's computer. If you want it be stored locally on your computer, use the discord data export feature or some other feature like it. Also, Discord might be a "nice" company right now, but maybe it gets bought by facebook in 5 years.

jb1991 5y ago

Isn’t this also how Reddit does it? Seems to be a popular strategy for social media services.

namibj 5y ago

GitHub also allows you to self-bot. Discord will ban you for that, even if you delete your messages with the app on a stock Android without any macros or other tools that reduce the required effort over the naive way (e.g. `from: namibj` search; repeat for each "server"). (Btw; you have a pending email. I lost my old domain, but keybase has other accounts and an encryption key linked. You have 24h before I'll have to reach out harder, due to acute urgency.)