sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 2 days agoDiscord admin gets 15 years for “one of the most significant leaks” in US history - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up155arrow-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 · 2 days agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squaregianni@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·2 days 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-up31·2 days 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-squareboatswain@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 day agoI mean, I use Discord pretty much every day, and that’s what I assumed.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoEspecially when sites like Reddit/StackExchange use admin to mean employee and moderator to mean volunteer community leader.
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.
I mean, I use Discord pretty much every day, and that’s what I assumed.
Especially when sites like Reddit/StackExchange use admin to mean employee and moderator to mean volunteer community leader.
Yeah it’s pretty misleading