sabreW4K3 ( sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ) to Technology · 2 years agoDiscord admin gets 15 years for “one of the most significant leaks” in US history - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up167
arrow-up167external-linkDiscord admin gets 15 years for “one of the most significant leaks” in US history - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comsabreW4K3 ( sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al ) to Technology · 2 years agomessage-square14linkfedilink
minus-squaregianni ( gianni@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66·2 years agoIt is absurd to refer to this person as “Discord admin”. It’s like saying “email-address owner gets 15 years for…”.
minus-squareAlice ( Alice@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkarrow-up37·2 years 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-squareJackbyDev ( JackbyDev@programming.dev ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 years agoEspecially when sites like Reddit/StackExchange use admin to mean employee and moderator to mean volunteer community leader.
minus-squareboatswain ( boatswain@infosec.pub ) linkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 years agoI mean, I use Discord pretty much every day, and that’s what I assumed.
minus-squareGamma ( GammaGames@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoYeah it’s pretty misleading
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.
Especially when sites like Reddit/StackExchange use admin to mean employee and moderator to mean volunteer community leader.
I mean, I use Discord pretty much every day, and that’s what I assumed.
Yeah it’s pretty misleading