cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/17618684

Forced arbitration means any legal disputes you may have with Discord must be resolved through a single third party mediator, who 99% of the time is chosen by, and will rule in favor of, the corporation/Discord. This effectively removes all your legal rights as a consumer, because arbitration decisions are legally binding and non-appealable.

The new ToS goes into effect April 15th, 2024.

YOU CAN OPT OUT OF ARBITRATION. You must email [email protected] BEFORE MAY 15TH (30 days after ToS effective date) with your username stating that you wish to opt out of the arbitration clause. Once May 15th passes you are bound to arbitration with Discord forever.

Opt-out before it’s too late.

  • @[email protected]
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    181 year ago

    It’s hard NOT to use it when every damn project uses it for announcements and discussions.

    • @[email protected]
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      221 year ago

      Be me.

      Playing game. Custom mod.

      New release! Much excite. Find bug.

      Investigate bug. Find replication steps. Take several screenshots.

      Go to report bug. No git. Only discord links.

      Delete screenshots and go back to playing.

      • KillingTimeItself
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        21 year ago

        i genuinely think compiling the bugs with some details in a youtube video and posting it on youtube would be more useful than finding that discord and joining it lmao

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          I’m all for providing free support/testing for community projects…

          But discord is not meant for documentation/management/bug tracking.

          I just can’t even…

          The only way to communicate to the dev is via discord. I don’t mind that. But I don’t want to join yet another server!

          • KillingTimeItself
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            11 year ago

            i genuinely don’t understand why the move has happened, it only seems more annoying than something like github, especially if you work on open source software.

            If you want it to be an method of communication, that’s fine. But the primary is actually insane.

        • @[email protected]
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          61 year ago

          What makes you think the Dev will notice a Lemmy post or will even know what Lemmy is, if they’re not even using git for reports and are using a chat client for something that it should have never been used for.

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            1 year ago

            I’m also not going to complain about a free mod created by a dev for the community.

            If they wanna have discord as their documentation/issue tracking I just won’t contribute.