[maven29]

Malware authors in shambles. No point in mourning a platform that neglects user safety and comfort to this extent.

[snvzz]

Could you elaborate on this.

[oglop]

Sure. Discord is a magnet for child sex abuse and money scams. The end.

[squigz]

What is it about Discord that makes it more of a magnet than any other large Internet platform?

[consumer451]

From what I have seen, it is Discord's closed nature, their decision not to police their own communities very much, combined with the fact that it's a great product.

edit after 1 upvote: I should add that I believe that Discord has an immense amount of moderation-debt.

Due to its closed nature, there aren't external eyeballs on the communities so things can really fester. At some point, that can boil-over into IRL, like they appear to have just done in Turkey.

[squigz]

I don't want Discord "policing" my community, nor do I want "external eyeballs" on it. In any case, this is not specific to Discord at all, which was my original question.

[consumer451]

Policing was the wrong term to use, I was too late to edit it.

What I meant was moderation. And they do moderate, whether you like it or not. CSAM, conspiracy to murder, and terrorism are beyond the pale for nearly everybody. All of those things require moderation if a company wants to stay in business.

[StefanBatory]

I can say the same about FB, Messenger, Reddit, WhatsApp,

(...)

HackerNews, mails, letters, conversations.

The end.

[nextlevelwizard]

I have no idea what you are on about. I have used Discord for many years without any issues about safety or comfort.