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:The article is largely about Discord's co-founder, Stanislav Vishnevskiy, expressing concerns with enshittification. However, the new CEO being a former high-up executive from ''two'' exploitative game companies doesn't exactly instill confidence in me. Act-Blizz is quite infamous for doing a lot of anti-consumer practices- and remember that Discord was far from perfect before the change in leadership.

:I don't think the linked article is relevant enough to reference in this wiki article, but it contains some notable updates on the situation. [[User:Vindicator4021|- V (Vindicator4021)]] ([[User talk:Vindicator4021|talk]]) 23:57, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

::Thanks for the update, when wiki-relevant stuff begins to happen, we'll likely reference this article later on. [[User:JamesTDG|JamesTDG]] ([[User talk:JamesTDG|talk]]) 06:38, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

==Reg. "Introduction of forced arbitration (Mar. 2024)"==

An arbitration clause has been present in the ToS since 2017 as evident by [https://web.archive.org/web/20170521173532/https://discordapp.com/terms#:~:text=ARBITRATION this archive], therefor that section is inaccurate and should probably be removed and/or edited to reflect that. [[User:Jerry|Jerry]] ([[User talk:Jerry|talk]]) 21:25, 7 October 2025 (UTC)

==Security risk: Presenting cryptic "direct link" in article==

The "direct link" to assist with account deletion seems like a security risk for the reader. The link is to a cryptic domain ( dis.gd ), not the primary one for this company. Anybody could edit that URL on the wiki, substituting one that lead to a malicious website. I think the link should be removed unless somebody knows how to make the link secure.

"Direct link subject to user instance - http://dis.gd ..."

Thanks. [[User:Drakeula|Drakeula]] ([[User talk:Drakeula|talk]]) 00:41, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

:https://dis.gd is discords official short link, you can see that they use it all over their product and marketing materials.

:For example, have a look at the "whats new" modal in settings, a couple of example tweets https://x.com/discord/status/1964018049868292122, https://x.com/discord/status/1944789856808554618, and some example support articles where it is used [https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/205082178-How-do-I-enable-push-to-talk-if-I-am-running-my-game-in-administrator-mode#:~:text=Dis.gd/contact here], [https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/26600878251159-Chargebacks-FAQ#:~:text=dis.gd/request here], and a [https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=dis.gd&filter_by=knowledge_base list of all articles with dis.gd in it] [[User:Jerry|Jerry]] ([[User talk:Jerry|talk]]) 21:49, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

==More sources==

https://cadence.moe/blog/2020-06-06-why-you-shouldnt-trust-discord

Update: done!: https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Discord&diff=27038&oldid=26989

[[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 03:21, 11 October 2025 (UTC)

==requiring phone number for sign up==

just me or is this shit kinda universal at this point? don't matter the platform, Discord, IG, whatever. Signing up w an email always cues "To protect our users" where you gotta input a phn number for verification. Was thinking to add this but need to make sure it's widespread. btw shows up when not using a VPN and forward email aliases. [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 20:07, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

:it was better system when it just required email verification, it kept it simple. [[User:Obieden|Obieden]] ([[User talk:Obieden|talk]]) 00:23, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

==October 2025 Data Breach - Did Discord claim data would not be saved?==

Regarding "Third-Party Customer Service Data Breach (Oct. 2025)", can we see if Discord ever claimed that the data would not be retained? [[User:Ikubaysan|Ikubaysan]] ([[User talk:Ikubaysan|talk]]) 16:13, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

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 :The article is largely about Discord's co-founder, Stanislav Vishnevskiy, expressing concerns with enshittification. However, the new CEO being a former high-up executive from ''two'' exploitative game companies doesn't exactly instill confidence in me. Act-Blizz is quite infamous for doing a lot of anti-consumer practices- and remember that Discord was far from perfect before the change in leadership.
 :I don't think the linked article is relevant enough to reference in this wiki article, but it contains some notable updates on the situation. [[User:Vindicator4021|&#45; V (Vindicator4021)]] ([[User talk:Vindicator4021|talk]]) 23:57, 24 June 2025 (UTC)
+::Thanks for the update, when wiki-relevant stuff begins to happen, we'll likely reference this article later on. [[User:JamesTDG|JamesTDG]] ([[User talk:JamesTDG|talk]]) 06:38, 25 June 2025 (UTC)
+==Reg. "Introduction of forced arbitration (Mar. 2024)"==
+An arbitration clause has been present in the ToS since 2017 as evident by [https://web.archive.org/web/20170521173532/https://discordapp.com/terms#:~:text=ARBITRATION this archive],  therefor that section is inaccurate and should probably be removed and/or edited to reflect that. [[User:Jerry|Jerry]] ([[User talk:Jerry|talk]]) 21:25, 7 October 2025 (UTC)
+==Security risk: Presenting cryptic "direct link" in article==
+The "direct link" to assist with account deletion seems like a security risk for the reader.  The link is to a cryptic domain ( dis.gd ), not the primary one for this company.  Anybody could edit that URL on the wiki, substituting one that lead to a malicious website.  I think the link should be removed unless somebody knows how to make the link secure.
+"Direct link subject to user instance - http://dis.gd ..."
+Thanks. [[User:Drakeula|Drakeula]] ([[User talk:Drakeula|talk]]) 00:41, 9 October 2025 (UTC)
+:https://dis.gd is discords official short link, you can see that they use it all over their product and marketing materials.
+:For example, have a look at the "whats new" modal in settings, a couple of example tweets https://x.com/discord/status/1964018049868292122, https://x.com/discord/status/1944789856808554618, and some example support articles where it is used [https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/205082178-How-do-I-enable-push-to-talk-if-I-am-running-my-game-in-administrator-mode#:~:text=Dis.gd/contact here], [https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/26600878251159-Chargebacks-FAQ#:~:text=dis.gd/request here], and a [https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=dis.gd&filter_by=knowledge_base list of all articles with dis.gd in it] [[User:Jerry|Jerry]] ([[User talk:Jerry|talk]]) 21:49, 24 October 2025 (UTC)
+==More sources==
+https://cadence.moe/blog/2020-06-06-why-you-shouldnt-trust-discord
+Update: done!: https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Discord&diff=27038&oldid=26989
+[[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 03:21, 11 October 2025 (UTC)
+==requiring phone number for sign up==
+just me or is this shit kinda universal at this point? don't matter the platform, Discord, IG, whatever. Signing up w an email always cues "To protect our users" where you gotta input a phn number for verification. Was thinking to add this but need to make sure it's widespread. btw shows up when not using a VPN and forward email aliases. [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 20:07, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
+:it was better system when it just required email verification, it kept it simple. [[User:Obieden|Obieden]] ([[User talk:Obieden|talk]]) 00:23, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
+==October 2025 Data Breach - Did Discord claim data would not be saved?==
+Regarding "Third-Party Customer Service Data Breach (Oct. 2025)", can we see if Discord ever claimed that the data would not be retained? [[User:Ikubaysan|Ikubaysan]] ([[User talk:Ikubaysan|talk]]) 16:13, 11 February 2026 (UTC)