A service called Spy Pet is scraping Discord servers, archiving and tracking users' messages and activity, and then selling access to that data.
Spy Pet scrapes more than 10,000 Discord servers, and besides selling access to anyone with cryptocurrency, it offers the data for training AI models or to assist law enforcement agencies, according to its website.
Spy Pet claims to be tracking more than 14,000 servers, 600 million users, and includes a database of more than 3 billion messages.
@jake4480 This only affects public #Discord servers whose channels are visible to everyone joining (including #SpyPet’s army of #selfbots, which range from blank-avatar accounts created by SpyPet itself to accounts stolen from other users via the usual scams like free Nitro). Private servers with clever #gatekeeping / #verification mechanisms (where the chat channels are hidden from view unless you get manually verified by the moderators) are immune to this message-scraping model.
this gives me such complicated feelings. delightful to see trans women from the past, connecting us through history
horrible to know they were forced to dress this way & play that part just to get access to the care they needed… which was still even further inaccessible to everyone who wasn’t white
@tillybridges
The #gatekeeping was still very strong during my first transition back in the early 1980s. I had to go to France to get hormones.
In my pre transition, and early transition years I also saw Tracey Africa Norman and Caroline Cossey (Tula) get shredded when they got outed. In late 1984 I was outed.
#TheMetalDogArticleList #Loudwire
Not Metal Enough - A Psychological Perspective on Gatekeeping
Psychologist Steve Byrne goes deep on the culture of gatekeeping in metal.
I have not followed many subreddits long-term, but the few I have seem to have a strong culture of berating people who ask questions rather than use the search bar to see if their question has been asked and answered.
But a lot of these "repeat" questions are things that some of us would be interested in but hadn't thought to wonder about (let alone search for). The new post exposes a lot of us to interesting ideas.
#Apple#iOS#Cellphones#MobilePhones#WalledGardens#GateKeeping#OpenWeb: "Mobile applications are shaping information sharing, cultural expression, and social engagement. Employing a walkthrough methodology, this study examines the handling of user requests to access Web content via hyperlinks within 27 mobile apps operating in the Apple iOS ecosystem. The research reveals notable distinctions: traditional news media apps like CNN and BBC facilitate users’ direct access to Web content through their preferred mobile browsers with a single click, whereas many social media platforms confine users to in-app browsers. Tech giants like Alphabet and Microsoft trigger banner advertisements for their browsers when users click on a hyperlink within their e-mail apps. This approach allows them to capitalize on their dominant positions in one market to drive the visibility and adoption of products in adjacent markets. Moreover, emerging social media apps like TikTok adopt a policy of rendering hyperlinks unclickable, indicating a broader trend toward tightened control over information dissemination. These gatekeeping choices have far-reaching implications for user privacy, the equitable distribution of value between content creators and app administrators, and the future of the open Web."
The Ghostbusters (1984) theme just started blasting at the kid-friendly pool, so I assume Halloween must be starting. I'm not about to judge a foreign culture, but this song is not a Halloween song in America, and I will die on that hill.
@nyquildotorg what even IS halloween music to you then? It's not as strictly defined a holiday as #Christmas, being as much a holiday about the #vibes as it is about "all hallow's eve", so why are we #gatekeeping halloween music in 2023? Thriller fits the vibe. You'd hate my Spotify playlist for the season.
If you have been using #Unity and you wanna jump ship to the nearest competitor, #GodotEngine is gonna be your best bet. The structure of a project isn't exactly the same, but it's similar enough that it won't take long to adjust.
Below, I'll give a few tips and talk about pain points you might run into, to help you try it out properly, and make an evaluation. #GameDev
@Fenreliania So I'd rather expect #W4Games to make that #SDK integration happening with a sort-of toolchain similar to #Unity: Thus they as a #Company can comply with all the #NDAs and #Gatekeeping the Platform Owners demand - just like Unity today.
Any criticism of NATOs part in the Ukraine war gets at least two or three pro-west, pro-war a-holes dismissing what's been said as 'Russian propaganda' and usually with the crying-with-laughter emojis.
The west promised not to encroach too close to the Russian borders, then continued to encroach on the Russian borders.
Yet, somehow that means NATO had absolutely no part in the Russian invasion!
Putin's a warmonger and a terrible leader, but NATO pushed for this.
And it's clear when you look at these #ReplyGuy accounts, they are just pro-war accounts. All they write about is the Ukraine war and how great the west is.
And they accuse others of posting propaganda! Their accounts are so niche, I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't people from MOD or the Pentagon.
What's hilarious is that they don't even read the articles you post. They just swim about the #Fediverse#GateKeeping certain hashtags.
So we all agree to be welcoming to anyone coming from Twitter now, right? We won't be sanctimonious privileged douchecanoes telling them they're not Mastodoing correctly, right?
2022 and some of 2023 showed plenty of gatekeeping assholery in line with early 2000s Linux forums. Let's not do that anymore.
I own every game they’ve ever released, but the expectation they’ve built over the last 20 years is that their games spend a year being trash, at least
Why, when you go to the gym as a bigger person, to get fit and loose weight are you then mocked by other (thinner) gym goers?
I’ve lost count how many times I’ve been told “go to the gym fatty!” and yet when I do, I get told “go home and eat a burger.”
If your goal is to encourage people to be healthy and exercise, maybe be less of a turd to those attempting to do just that. #randomthoughts#healthy#gym#gatekeeping
And, in general, I think there's more than a whiff of #gatekeeping / #ToxicMasculinity around music gear and software that ease of use is equated with being non-pro or somehow kiddified.
No.
Music gear needs to get out of the way of the artists using it. We have ideas in our heads we want to realise, we haven't come to worship at your temple of arbitrary inconvenience.
I HATE all this macho bullshit. I want music creation to be FAR more accessible in every way.
Working on #troubleshooting some #network issues where the client is using Versa Network's SD-WAN and @#$%&! if they don't have it all locked down in Fort Knox.
(some training is available for free, but it is super basic...it's also all in audio/visual format when I'd much prefer #reading docs)
Unfortunately, I don't get to pick what products clients use (sometimes)
So after wading into the debate yesterday based on an article written by @ploum (and posted by @dangillmor), and the larger #fedipact controversy, I decided to share a slightly more coherent version of my thoughts. I still think unnecessary #gatekeeping and preemptive #bans suck and will cause a helluva lot more damage to the protocol than Meta likely will, but as always, hope others who differ in their thoughts will engage in some healthy debate, and not just resort to calling me a troll for having a different opinion than them.
Starfield has housing system, player jail, and more reveals Bethesda in new Q&A (www.eurogamer.net)
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