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Re:Discord is not an acceptable choice for free software pro... by sneak on Friday February 21, 2020 @01:23PM (#22385410)
Any chat tool that has DMs and has people who are friends using it will have discussion of illegal activity eventually. It is estimated that the average American commits about 3 federal felonies a day. Nobody is immune from this. Simply talking about your day with a friend in DMs that are logged/unencrypted is dangerous.

The part about ridicule/mocking is an example of why Discord’s legal agreement is unreasonable, not advocating for the ability to mock or ridicule people.

The tools should not enforce censorship.

Re:Discord is not an acceptable choice for free software pro... by hellotomyrars on Friday February 21, 2020 @01:53PM (#22385668)
`It is estimated that the average American commits about 3 federal felonies a day.` [citation needed]
Re:Discord is not an acceptable choice for free software pro... by delecti on Friday February 21, 2020 @02:39PM (#22386062)
It's from a semi-popular book [1]. The author admits it's not a precise studied value; for some people it's likely much higher [2].

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent-eb... [2] http://ulrichboser.com/how-many-felonies-did-you-commit-toda...

Re:Discord is not an acceptable choice for free software pro... by xenophonf on Friday February 21, 2020 @02:40PM (#22386067)
It comes from this book about prosecutorial overreach:

https://www.amazon.com/Three-Felonies-Day-Target-Innocent/dp...

It's not without its criticisms:

https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/22530/does-the-...

Re:Discord is not an acceptable choice for free software pro... by EpicEng on Friday February 21, 2020 @02:23PM (#22385933)
>It is estimated that the average American commits about 3 federal felonies a day.

It has also been estimated that the above statement is poppycock (just now.)