Discord is a popular communications platform that many communities are built upon. While Discord Inc. has generally taken the stance that they are not in the business of selling your data, there is still a lot of potential for abuse. Privacy policies can change with little notice and upon acquisition. Representatives of the platform have stated openly that encrypted conversations are not a feature that is planned as it prevents the operators to moderate abuse that occurs on the platform....

I’ve tried blogging on various platforms throughout the years but I never really settled on something I really liked. My last blog was a private one that I never really shared with anyone on the free tier at write.as. While I liked it for its simplicity, it never really felt like something I wanted to maintain in the long term because it never really felt like it was “mine”. My write....