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[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (3 children)

D*scord is technically searchable and fairly archiveable (messages never get deleted due to old age (in my experience at least) or if the original poster deletes their account). And some d*scord servers even have a Q&A mode similar to st*ck *verflow. But yeah, not the right tool for the job, not to mention ABSOLUTELY PROPRIETARY

[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think what they really mean is searchable without an account, but otherwise you're right.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But also Discord search is catastrophically bad and won't find lots of matches.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago

Or find lots of things that aren't matches because it's a fuzzy search with no way to search for exact text.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I’ve never seen Discord messages turn up in any Google or DuckDuckGo search

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Kinda tempted to make a bot that automatically joins d*scord servers, indexes all the messages, and publishes them to a public website

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why are you redacting platform names like it's profanity? My brain keeps trying to read it as markdown....

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Same reasons you'd censor profanity. To show that I don't necessarily agree with or support them. Maybe I should start using the vomit emoji instead of asterisks like u/pancakes [joking].

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

To me it comes off like you're irrationally afraid to invoke its name.

I get and appreciate that you're trying to make a statement here, but in my opinion it isn't landing the way you think it is. By giving its name special reverence you're needlessly elevating it, not diminishing it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Well that's just fucking bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I get the statement you're trying to make here - serving the name of a platform you dislike with the same reverence as he-who-must-not-be-named in Harry Potter (Voldemort) - but all you've done is obfuscate the search engine. Now if someone is skimming for information on the platform via search, you've hidden your comments and post from someone who might find your perspective useful. No one is going to try 15 ways of spelling a platform name (except maybe trying stackoverflow with and without spaces). Internet users are pretty lazy.