Discord Takes Over Moderation Of r/WallStreetBets Server As Facebook Shuts Down Popular Stock Trading Group

Discord Takes Over Moderation Of r/WallStreetBets Server As Facebook Shuts Down Popular Stock Trading Group

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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210128/17213946146/discord-takes-over-moderation-r-wallstreetbets-server-as-facebook-shuts-down-popular-stock-trading-group.shtml

Apparently every damn story has a content moderation angle these days. The still ongoing GameStonks! story keeps getting more and more fascinating in all sorts of ways. Yesterday, we noted as a side note, that Discord had shut down the r/WallStreetBets server that many of the subreddit users had used to communicate. Discord claimed -- somewhat unbelievably -- that it had done so at this very moment because of a long term "hate speech" problem on that server.

But, then, a day later, Discord said it had re-enabled the server... but that the company itself was helping to moderate the server.

Discord Takes Over Moderation Of r/WallStreetBets Server As Facebook Shuts Down Popular Stock Trading Group

Jan 29, 2021, 8:13pm UTC
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210128/17213946146/discord-takes-over-moderation-r-wallstreetbets-server-as-facebook-shuts-down-popular-stock-trading-group.shtml > Apparently every damn story has a content moderation angle these days. The still ongoing GameStonks! story keeps getting more and more fascinating in all sorts of ways. Yesterday, we noted as a side note, that Discord had shut down the r/WallStreetBets server that many of the subreddit users had used to communicate. Discord claimed -- somewhat unbelievably -- that it had done so at this very moment because of a long term "hate speech" problem on that server. > But, then, a day later, Discord said it had re-enabled the server... but that the company itself was helping to moderate the server.