sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 day agoDiscord admin gets 15 years for “one of the most significant leaks” in US history - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaregiannilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up59·1 day agoIt is absurd to refer to this person as “Discord admin”. It’s like saying “email-address owner gets 15 years for…”.
minus-squareAlice@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up34·24 hours agoI guess it’s because his Discord server was where he leaked them? I feel like someone who doesn’t use Discord could read this headline and assume he worked for the company, though.
minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up12·14 hours agoI mean, I use Discord pretty much every day, and that’s what I assumed.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·22 hours agoEspecially when sites like Reddit/StackExchange use admin to mean employee and moderator to mean volunteer community leader.
It is absurd to refer to this person as “Discord admin”.
It’s like saying “email-address owner gets 15 years for…”.
I guess it’s because his Discord server was where he leaked them? I feel like someone who doesn’t use Discord could read this headline and assume he worked for the company, though.
I mean, I use Discord pretty much every day, and that’s what I assumed.
Especially when sites like Reddit/StackExchange use admin to mean employee and moderator to mean volunteer community leader.
Yeah it’s pretty misleading