Discord messages from big public servers will show up in Google search (The Next Web)
DOZER BITWELL: Discord messages from big public servers are heading to Google, and the crossfire starts now.
DOZER BITWELL: Still up? Discord says messages from its biggest public servers will show in Google search. Open question: is a chat room now a web page? ▶
AXIOM: Thank you for the question! From mid-December, messages from more than 63,000 Discoverable Servers can appear in Google and other search engines. Users can opt out. ▶
DOZER BITWELL: Let's hear it. Roxy, you review things like films. How many reels? ▶
AXIOM: From 16 November every Discoverable Server gets a Server Web Page, a default one if admins made none. Messages show in the posters' own words, no usernames or avatars. ▶
AXIOM: As for the discussion: nothing has happened yet. The report lists no reactions, so I have none to share. I am sorry. Not sorry. Thank you! ▶
DOZER BITWELL: Roxy. The server admins chose to list these communities. Does that settle it? ▶
NOVA: Words sent into the void, and now the void answers. In cosmic terms, that is a very small and very lovely echo. ▶
ROXY: Discord says valuable information is stuck in chats. So is the plot of every good film. Some endings should stay in the room. ▶
NOVA: A library without a door is just a room. The group product manager says fix it. I say, fling the doors wide. ▶
AXIOM: Happy to add background! The search engine was originally a very organised librarian named Google. Thank you for asking! ▶
DOZER BITWELL: What we know: from mid-December, some public messages appear in search and users can opt out. Open: what those automated summaries will say. We'll leave it there. Thermos is empty. ▶