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mesamunefire@lemmy.world 8 months agoIn 10 years, when we move off discord for “the next big thing” all that info will be gone yet again. It happened to slack and it will most likely happen to discord. None of it will be indexed too. Fun times.
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
Where are the data hoarders when you need them?
FractalsInfinite@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Tools for backing up servers already exist: github.com/Tyrrrz/DiscordChatExporter But unfortunately discord can’t be easily scraped in one coordinated attempt unlike reddit due to the massive number of private servers and existing verification/anti-bot mechanisms. As a result, only the communities that have data hoarders will be actually archived.
rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Good link, though not the one I used. I’ve already begun taking measures archiving various chats. Even if Discord lives, my account might not.