• determinist@kbin.earth
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    2 days ago

    I haven’t used discord for a couple of years. got an email yesterday informing me that unless I log in soon, my account will be deleted.

    …oh no

    I’m going to let them delete it, saves me having to

    • rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net
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      1 day ago

      They keep your messages around if you account gets deleted. You have to use an alternative tool to delete them

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      1 day ago

      Deleted my reddit account only to find my comments were still there. So I’m guessing Discord messages will still be there - I wonder what happens to servers with no admin.

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        7 hours ago

        They just stay up, but nobody has access to the controls anymore, the admin account shows as “Deleted User”. I know this, because the server my late friend hosted, is still up, even though their account got nuked couple years back.

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          2 hours ago

          I don’t want to leave “my” server in an unalterable state but at the same time I don’t want to encourage Discord use though my action (assuming I ever log in again, need to say how to contact me or say bye).

      • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 day ago

        There’s no way these companies actually delete anything, ever. You can probably still get myspace pictures, and that company was before Facebook.