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0 pointsbsder2y ago0 comments

And what plans do you or your users have for when Discord enshittifies?

As always: nothing.

When Discord enshittifies, all your data will go down the drain. Or, if you disappear, all the user data goes down the drain even though Discord will continue to exist.

But, hey, logins are easy and nobody needs to learn anything new.

And so it goes ...

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Operyl2y ago· 1 in thread

Please read my other replies, although it is fair to ask me this! Like I have noted, I do have some plans to jump ship if it comes to it. I have the vast majority of my user base on a mailing list for announcements (security related and important administrative, not promotional). If push came to shove I’d use it to make an announcement. I always have a backup for discourse immediately, and I have an archive dump of all threads and chat data from discord. I have a plan to make a simple import script for all “forum” threads in discord to discourse and release that at some point for others to use for their communities.

Do not assume the worst of posters, some of us are just as smart as you I promise, it isn’t fair to assume I had no plans :).

bsderOP2y ago

> Do not assume the worst of posters, some of us are just as smart as you I promise, it isn’t fair to assume I had no plans :).

I will apologize directly to you for my assumptions being incorrect. It is unfair for me to paint everyone with the same brush.

However, sadly, you are the first person I have had to apologize to for this.

Nobody else I have ever interacted with has anything remotely resembling a plan for leaving Discord.

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