Comment on Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online
donuts@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoIt 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Upon joining a server, users gain access to all non-deleted historical content within public channels, and the same is valid for data retrieval using their API.
MoonRaven@feddit.nl 5 weeks ago
Excellent point if searchcord used the api. They created unmarked bot accounts that save all the messages.
donuts@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Searchcord yes, but not the researchers from the headline