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Your public Discord messages may soon appear in Google search results – how to opt out

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ZDNET’s key takeaways

  • Discoverable Servers will get dedicated web pages filled with community information.
  • Server Web Pages will contain community server descriptions and conversation summaries.
  • Private DMs, group chats, and servers will continue to remain private and undiscoverable.

Fresh on the heels of its age verification debacle, Discord, a free and popular instant messaging service, is once again making sweeping changes that affect users’ privacy. Spaces with 1,000+ members, known as Discoverable Servers, will soon be searchable on the web. Your DMs and group chats will stay private, and Discord laid out clear instructions for both server admins and casual users on how to keep your server messages from being shown on the wider web.

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