- 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-...
May 21, 2025 14:32
- 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.