Discord acquires Gas, the popular app for teens to compliment each other

Re:Discord acquires Gas, the popular app for teens to compli... by 10g1k on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @04:36PM (#34419628)

Discord is notorious for being infested with moderators who try to groom/target teenagers and children, so them acquiring more access to teenagers could be a problem.

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Re:Discord acquires Gas, the popular app for teens to compli... by Rychard on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @05:02PM (#34420011)

You may be conflating discord (the company) with discord (the individualized servers where communication takes place, each with their own self-picked moderators that are entirely unrelated to the company).

https://discord.com/safety/360044149331-what-is-discord

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Re:Discord acquires Gas, the popular app for teens to compli... by herbst on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @04:38AM (#34424951)

To be fair, it's what discord has built. The horrible moderation tools and the basically non existent spam & scam protection is completely their own fault.

It's a platform for children after all.

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Re:Discord acquires Gas, the popular app for teens to compli... by DoItToMe81 on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @07:35AM (#34425954)

There were Discord administrators caught defending cub (drawn furry child porn) porn with F-list profiles full of results indicating pedophilia, so it goes up to the very top.

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Re:Discord acquires Gas, the popular app for teens to compli... by qualudeheart on Monday January 30, 2023 @09:10AM (#34579768)

Have those been fired? One would hope so.

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Re:Discord acquires Gas, the popular app for teens to compli... by DoItToMe81 on Thursday February 02, 2023 @08:45PM (#34636097)

Discord admins stopped signing the reports they deal with using their usernames shortly after this, so nobody can really verify.

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