- Another week, another research ethics controversy. TL;DR Researchers released a public dataset of 2B+ messages from 4M+ users on 3k+ "public" Discord servers. Usernames/IDs are anonymized. But let's unpack this one... 🧵 www.404media.co/researchers-...
- Why is there no :slams head into the desk: emoji. Seriously, though - a major issue is the collection/public dissemination, amplification of "false privacy" claims, and contextual mismatch of the intentions of Discord communities and the release of the dataset without guards on who may access it.May 21, 2025 16:09