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Please don't use Discord for FOSS projects (drewdevault.com)

submitted 4 months ago by starman@programming.dev to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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[-] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 75 points 4 months ago

Can't wait for the day Discord backstabs everyone and people decide to get the fuck away from it. I seriously can't stand having to search past troubleshooting messages, it's a fucking mess, almost unusable. Whoever uses Discord as a Forum seriously needs a full force punch in the mouth.

[-] Dragon_Titan@lemmy.world 29 points 4 months ago

Discord can and sometimes does monitor your chats.

Source: CEO himself said that, in a hearing

[-] Starmina@lemm.ee 11 points 4 months ago

Also a large portion is owned by Tencent with whom Discord is allowed to share all the data they want according to their ToS.

https://github.com/privy-cafe/discordspyware/blob/master/README.md

[-] mellowheat@suppo.fi 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Discord can

Well that's pretty obvious.

and sometimes does monitor your chats.

Probably, although why would they? More likely they'll just data mine everything an sell it on for AI learning program to nom nom on.

[-] Zak@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

why would they?

People use it for things like planning terrorism, child enticement, and sharing CSAM. Discord probably wants to ban those people, and maybe aid in their prosecution.

Of course if you're sharing something that's actually private, Discord is a poor choice. So is email or DMs on Lemmy where the server admin could read the content.

[-] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 4 months ago

Good to know, I guess?

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Well that's no better than searching IRC logs, which are something folks have absolutely done in the past. I still haven't figured out why folks like discord so much though.

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

People like it cause when it first came out, it was considerably better than other popular voice chat software available for PC games at the time, like TeamSpeak and Ventrillo. But most importantly: it was free, unlike those other two. So people flocked to it and it blew up big, leading us to where we are today.

[-] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

ooh... can we do a fedi-discord? But like, good?

[-] MenacingPerson@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago

you mean matrix?

[-] Zak@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I use Matrix. I even kind of like Matrix and have high hopes for its future.

But like, good?

[-] dumpsterlid@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Can’t wait for the day Discord backstabs everyone and people decide to get the fuck away from it.

I can’t wait either, then maybe all the communities that disappeared into discord that I feel unable to actually feel like I am a genuine member of and connect with anymore because I am not part of the conversations on discord will go somewhere where I can be a part of them again.

sigh

FUCK DISCORD