RESEARCHERS DUMP 2B SCRAPED DISCORD MESSAGES

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Brazilian researchers scraped over 2 billion public Discord messages and published the anonymized data online. They anonymized the data by replacing usernames with pseudonyms, hashing user identifiers, and removing identifying features, yet some are concerned about its efficacy. The researchers intended to offer a message corpus for other studies. However, a Discord spokesperson noted that scraping violates the platform's terms of service.