Hey people,
Just an update... Hit the first speed bump in my project.
Seems Discord's bot decided to suspend my account for ToS violations, listing several possible reasons, but they all seem to be spam, bot related. Since I've made like 4 posts in the last 2 days (on my own server) and I joined like 4 other servers... needless to say, I'm not spamming shit!
I'm a total noob to Discord (and frankly, I hate it) but I did a bit of looking around and I think it's related to my use of a VPN. Some bot probably saw umpteen discord posts from the same IP and hit the panic button or it saw me log-in from several different IP's. Posts I have read online seem to confirm that Discord doesn't like VPN's because it lessens their control over it's users. Same reason they force 2FA on their personal accounts.
Anyhow, I appealed the suspension of my account, but I am not holding my breath that will fix anything. If it's not fixed, then I will remove Discord completely. I've been online since the 80's and there's no way in hell I will compromise my online safety for some mega-corp like Discord, just because they hate the little guy having control over their own information.
No great loss... I wanted Discord integration only because a lot of gamers seem to like it, but I will just accelerate my plans to launch my website. I was going to wait until closer to the next release to do that but it's not a big deal to get the forums software uploaded and make it live. I'll do that in the next week or two. Much better to have a place under my control and not the assholes at Discord. That's how they control people... they let them build up a huge online persona and history and then they can threaten to take it all away if you don't follow their rules.