Discord Previews

Your #1 source for upcoming Discord features, news and updates. Anything posted on this account is not guaranteed to ship and is subject to change.

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We now have a Discord server with a custom bot that automatically posts about new stuff that was added to the Discord client like new text, experiments and soon even more: https://t.co/ZpSWzD3Crh
We will still post about bigger things on this Twitter account as before though.

[Stanislav @svishnevskiy]

We've been early adopters of Rust since 2018 and a lot of our infra, voice tech, and even some of the current client is already Rust, the holy grail was getting the whole client there. That means Electron goes away, and so does React Native, mobile keeps native UI but shares app code with desktop via Rust. We hope to get it into testing with users soon™. (And it's not Tauri, it's GPUI, so good guess everyone.)

Alright, back to staring at the WoW Forever login screen.

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@duzykluseg @fishjar Yeah, that's what the reply was meant to imply, just messed up the wording 😅

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Over the past few days Discord's CTO has hinted at a big update: a rewrite of the desktop client that moves it away from Electron to a fully native client in Rust.

[Stanislav @svishnevskiy]

@Sovex666 @metkm0 @theo

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@fishjar Yes, fully native, no webviews, though it'll be interesting to see how they handle Activities (like Wordle, Putt Party etc) as those are iframes currently so they likely won't get around some kind of we view for those (shouldn't slow down the rest of the app though!)

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It's not going to use Tauri! https://t.co/rqZVu55Oqq

[advaith @advaithj1]

@insanowskyy @svishnevskiy @Sovex666 @metkm0 @theo we wouldn't use tauri

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Read more in the official blog post and support articles:
https://t.co/6Jdh0itFcn
https://t.co/a0lJ82zPs3
https://t.co/ZrlQevB2cG

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In November and December, Discord will start letting Discoverable Servers opt-in to having select channel messages be publicly accessible on server web pages! Users will be able to opt-out of having their messages shown in privacy settings once the feature becomes available.

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Discord is working on a managed server system for the Social SDK that will let you keep in-game groups and Discord servers in sync!

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Starting November 16th, Discord and GTA 6 will be running a promotion that features a new Custom App Icon, Display Name Font and Client Theme.

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The new Letterboxd Connection is now available on Discord!

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Discord is working on the Orbs Arcade where you can spend Orbs to play activities and win rewards like Nitro Credits and Collectibles!

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Discord is adding Voice Message recording to desktop!

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Discord has started working on adding a Letterboxd Profile Connection.

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Discord is working on pre-made Emoji Packs that Nitro users can add to their emoji picker, giving them access to select emoji without having to join extra servers!

Please note that the emoji shown here are placeholders and not confirmed to be an upcoming set.

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Discord is preparing another Nitro promotion, this time granting eligible subscribers a one year free trial of My Best Buy Plus.

[Have I Been Pwned @haveibeenpwned]

New breach: Discord server protection service Double Counter suffered a breach earlier this week due to a Metabase vulnerability. The data included 275k unique email addresses and Discord usernames. 25% were already in @haveibeenpwned. Read more: https://t.co/f6oQ56QaIW

[Panley @panley01]

The Discord Bot, Double Counter, suffered a data breach & near complete takeover last week.

They were not complying with GDPR, and got caught with data they shouldn't have.

I wonder if Discord will take this illegal behaviour seriously, hard to feel bad for the developers here.

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They're also testing a separate version that will always show a collapsible sidebar on the right side. You can order people by activity, by current game, or alphabetically.

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Discord is reworking the Friend list! Your Friends will be quickly accessible as a new sidebar anywhere in the app, allowing to to at a glance see what everyone is up to. You will also be able to create and share invite links that allow others to instantly add you as a friend!