Comment on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
jacksilver@lemmy.world 2 days agoAt least public githubs aren’t difficult to access and/or crawl. The big issue with Discord is that there is a wealth of information locked behind a proprietary system.
Unlike forums or even reddit, there is not way to get to most of the information posted on discord.
KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 days ago
I don’t understand, of course we can access it?
SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
You can only get it if you install Discord.
KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 day ago
No, GDPR laws allows me to download all data and also enforcing its deletion without using the app ever again
SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
GDPR laws allow you to download the contents of a Discord server that you have never been on? I thought it only required access to your own data.
jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 day ago
A lot of discord content is private, and those that aren’t require you to have discord to search. On top of that, I’m pretty sure you need to join a server before you can search it’s contents.
Since I don’t use discord, there is no real way for me to access content hosted on it. Compared to Reddit or a Forum, I don’t need to be a member of the community to access information shared there.
KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 day ago
But the data is accessible and a migration can be done by those who posted it? Depends on local laws I guess… their eula states everything you send in discord now belongs to then, but that is not allowed in the eu and many other countries
jacksilver@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Sounds like we are talking about different kinds of “access”. My original post was just lamenting that to the general web, discord is like a black hole. Things go there and never come out as you can only access the content through its app.