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Discord is doing so well it's hard to say whether this is actually a problem for them or not. Maybe focusing on this security would have stopped them performin

Discord is doing so well it's hard to say whether this is actually a problem for them or not. Maybe focusing on this security would have stopped them performing so well

Dalewyn 3y ago
>Discord is doing so well Are they? They try to sell me Nitro at least once every month, which only gives me the impression that they're desperate to increase their revenue stream to make ends meet.
- sentientslug 3y ago
  It seems like you fundamentally misunderstand how advertising works.
- deleted 3y ago
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- labster 3y ago
  That much nitro is bound to be bad for their engines.
- fomine3 3y ago
  Once per month is very few times.
- madeofpalk 3y ago
  Selling things is usually how you make money, no?
  - squeaky-clean 3y ago
    With an internet business it's usually with ads
- Humboldtsnee 3y ago
  My podcasts try to sell me stuff 5 times an hour, radio even more. Being nagged to pay for a service you use once a month is basically silence.
intelVISA 3y ago
> Discord is doing so well It's remarkable how much data they are extracting, if the average user knew there would likely be multiple scandals or legal proceedings
- didntcheck 3y ago
  Can you elaborate? What data are they extracting?
  - theshrike79 3y ago
    Most likely OP didn't grow up in the age of IRC, where nothing was ever encrypted and the server admin could see everything. People just didn't share illegal, confidential or secret things with their own name and IP address or counted on the server admin not caring.
- GreenWatermelon 3y ago
  Personally, I don't care how much usage data they collect as long as they're not selling that data to third parties, or attempt to show me ads. Of course there's the threat of data leakage, buuuut it's risk I accept, when it comes to my mundane usage of discord. My main gripe with data collection platforms is how they turn every platform into an ad board. Chief among my disappointments is windows. It's so thoroughly shit now I can't even consider myself a user. I can't really call it an OS anymore. It's something else... An advertisement platform built on top of an os.
  - izzydata 3y ago
    Who says they aren't selling the data? They are probably selling it to every company trying to do a language model at the moment.
    - theshrike79 3y ago
      Using discord to teach bots is like doing it with twitter went. It'll go real edgy real fast. How people communicate on Discord isn't something you want to teach any AI you intend to use publicly =)

Discord is doing so well it's hard to say whether this is actually a problem for them or not. Maybe focusing on this security would have stopped them performing so well

Dalewyn 3y ago

>Discord is doing so well Are they? They try to sell me Nitro at least once every month, which only gives me the impression that they're desperate to increase their revenue stream to make ends meet.

sentientslug 3y ago
It seems like you fundamentally misunderstand how advertising works.
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labster 3y ago
That much nitro is bound to be bad for their engines.
fomine3 3y ago
Once per month is very few times.
madeofpalk 3y ago
Selling things is usually how you make money, no?
- squeaky-clean 3y ago
  With an internet business it's usually with ads
Humboldtsnee 3y ago
My podcasts try to sell me stuff 5 times an hour, radio even more. Being nagged to pay for a service you use once a month is basically silence.

intelVISA 3y ago

> Discord is doing so well It's remarkable how much data they are extracting, if the average user knew there would likely be multiple scandals or legal proceedings

didntcheck 3y ago
Can you elaborate? What data are they extracting?
- theshrike79 3y ago
  Most likely OP didn't grow up in the age of IRC, where nothing was ever encrypted and the server admin could see everything. People just didn't share illegal, confidential or secret things with their own name and IP address or counted on the server admin not caring.
GreenWatermelon 3y ago
Personally, I don't care how much usage data they collect as long as they're not selling that data to third parties, or attempt to show me ads. Of course there's the threat of data leakage, buuuut it's risk I accept, when it comes to my mundane usage of discord. My main gripe with data collection platforms is how they turn every platform into an ad board. Chief among my disappointments is windows. It's so thoroughly shit now I can't even consider myself a user. I can't really call it an OS anymore. It's something else... An advertisement platform built on top of an os.
- izzydata 3y ago
  Who says they aren't selling the data? They are probably selling it to every company trying to do a language model at the moment.
  - theshrike79 3y ago
    Using discord to teach bots is like doing it with twitter went. It'll go real edgy real fast. How people communicate on Discord isn't something you want to teach any AI you intend to use publicly =)