sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 month agoDiscord admin gets 15 years for “one of the most significant leaks” in US history - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkDiscord admin gets 15 years for “one of the most significant leaks” in US history - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 month agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaregianni@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65·1 month 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-up37·1 month 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@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 month agoEspecially when sites like Reddit/StackExchange use admin to mean employee and moderator to mean volunteer community leader.
minus-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month 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