[simmerup]

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

[intelVISA]

> 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]

Can you elaborate? What data are they extracting?

[theshrike79]

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]

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]

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]

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 =)

[Dalewyn]

>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.

[madeofpalk]

Selling things is usually how you make money, no?

[squeaky-clean]

With an internet business it's usually with ads

[labster]

That much nitro is bound to be bad for their engines.

[fomine3]

Once per month is very few times.

[Humboldtsnee]

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.

[sentientslug]

It seems like you fundamentally misunderstand how advertising works.