[chrisrogers]

Sounds a bit like IRC to be honest.

[toastercat]

I've seen some IRC channels archive their chat as search-able HTML pages that are also indexed by search engines. Wish Discord servers would do something similar.

[edrxty]

Discord knows better, this is by design. Their investors would run screaming if they knew what was in those chat logs. The lack of searchability is their biggest defense against being hauled in front of Congress because the public just isn't aware of how much of the platform is extremism.

[beached_whale]

being in the irc room and logging it is enough and only requires access to the room.

[dfxm12]

It's different in that IRC is designed & understood to be short lived real time chat. Who cares if I can't find that type of content via Google? Discord is being used as a permanent info repository, like a replacement for discussion boards, wikis, etc. This is the type of info I want to search for.

[TeMPOraL]

It's all the worst aspects of IRC in shiny web package.

[DanAtC]

IRC is ephemeral. Discord becomes a de facto knowledge dump like Slack in the corporate world.

[TeMPOraL]

In theory. In practice, like Slack, Discord is unsearchable. As someone rightly said on another thread: Discord is where knowledge goes to die.

[lost_tourist]

more like a knowledge blackhole.

[Zardoz84]

but IRC was never controlled by a unique corporation/business. Was community driven