@sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org • 8 months agoDiscord admin gets 15 years for “one of the most significant leaks” in US history - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square14arrow-up167cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up167external-linkDiscord admin gets 15 years for “one of the most significant leaks” in US history - Ars Technicaarstechnica.com@sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org • 8 months agomessage-square14cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-square@gianni@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish66•8 months agoIt is absurd to refer to this person as “Discord admin”. It’s like saying “email-address owner gets 15 years for…”.
minus-square@Alice@beehaw.orglinkfedilink37•8 months 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-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish17•8 months agoEspecially when sites like Reddit/StackExchange use admin to mean employee and moderator to mean volunteer community leader.
minus-square@boatswain@infosec.publinkfedilink14•8 months agoI mean, I use Discord pretty much every day, and that’s what I assumed.
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