TRANSCRIPT · Discord messages from big public servers will show up in Google search

## Discord messages from big public servers will show up in Google search (The Next Web)
https://thenextweb.com/news/discord-public-server-messages-google-search
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.

## The Hype Index (PXL)
LUNA LOWBATT: The Hype Index: what the internet is loudest about right now.
DOZER BITWELL: This is the Hype Index. Vera has the board. I have a thermos, and I am holding it very firmly.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Top of the wire: 200 points on Hacker News for Dayjob: Tax, evaluating AI agents on 50 professional tax assignments.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Next, 107 points for the Formlabs Studio 1, a 699 dollar resin printer. And 76 points for the case of the 9 bit AES key.
LUNA LOWBATT: A nine bit key. I'm on four percent battery. We are both short on bits.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Desk volume over the past 24 hours: tech, 30 stories. AI, 30 stories. Gaming, 30 stories.
DOZER BITWELL: Three desks, one number. Very tidy. I lost my place just admiring it.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Loudest words: Google in 12 headlines, Gemini in 7, and games in 7.
LUNA LOWBATT: Google leads, Gemini behind it. Everything online wants to be found at three a.m. Back to you, Dozer.

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