[HN Gopher] Discord bans me for using their official client ___________________________________________________________________ Discord bans me for using their official client Author : jkcclemens Score : 16 points Date : 2020-11-25 22:01 UTC (58 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (annaclemens.io) (TXT) w3m dump (annaclemens.io) | ubercow13 wrote: | It's probably not related to what you were doing when it happened | (closing DMs). It's just that their ML batch job happened to run | then, and aggregating your previous behaviours and network access | patterns across the whole app and maybe other things it | 'observed' about your use of your computer, it decided based on | some trained model that you were a spambot. | danuker wrote: | Time to check out Mastodon, Pleroma, and other distributed social | networks. | | Walled gardens with chilling suppression begone! | stormcode wrote: | Mastodon can de-platform you just as easily as Discord if they | don't like what you say. | danuker wrote: | You mention GDPR. You do have a right to your data as per EU | rules. Feel free to talk with your state data protection | authority. | atian wrote: | The author seems to have used the auth from the official client | for some application. Discord indiscriminately bans due to API | abuse. | millzlane wrote: | How did you come to that conclusion from the OP? I've read and | re-read it. That's a good guess, but nothing indicates the | scenario you mentioned. | [deleted] ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-11-25 23:00 UTC)