Comment on Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online

• donuts@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It also includes deleted messages. And they refuse to delete things when someone opts out

  Deleted messages are not included. Neither the public nor the API allows you to read deleted messages

  Upon joining a server, users gain access to all non-deleted historical content within public channels, and the same is valid for data retrieval using their API.

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  • MoonRaven@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Excellent point if searchcord used the api. They created unmarked bot accounts that save all the messages.

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    • donuts@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Searchcord yes, but not the researchers from the headline

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