Re:PSA: Don't base your business around Discord.7yr account ...
by slau on Saturday September 02, 2023 @05:19PM
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You’re right, and eloquent to boot.
I think what I meant to say was more something along the lines of “does anyone really build a business around Discord?”
We’ve been seeing time and time again, especially in recent times (Twitter, Reddit, Apollo) that building something on top of another platform can often end in tears.
This being said, I do believe that if you’re building an integration, you might end up in a different spot than random end-users. Although the way Discord handled API changes and the whole bot scope debacle doesn’t inspire confidence.
And I say this as someone who maintains a Discord bot.
Reflecting on this all, I don’t believe this user got banned out of a random regex match. I think this user’s messages got reported for doxxing, and the moderator who reviewed it concurred.
I think what I meant to say was more something along the lines of “does anyone really build a business around Discord?”
We’ve been seeing time and time again, especially in recent times (Twitter, Reddit, Apollo) that building something on top of another platform can often end in tears.
This being said, I do believe that if you’re building an integration, you might end up in a different spot than random end-users. Although the way Discord handled API changes and the whole bot scope debacle doesn’t inspire confidence.
And I say this as someone who maintains a Discord bot.
Reflecting on this all, I don’t believe this user got banned out of a random regex match. I think this user’s messages got reported for doxxing, and the moderator who reviewed it concurred.