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In Internet terms, sock puppets are online identities used for disguised activity by the operator. A sock puppet, sock puppet account, or sock is a false online identity used for deceptive purposes. [1]
Discord is a persistent group chat software, based on an eventually consistent database architecture. [88] Discord was originally built on MongoDB . The infrastructure was migrated to Apache Cassandra when the platform reached a billion messages, then later migrated to ScyllaDB when it reached a trillion messages.
Discord's text channels support various forms of markup and embedding, such as showing thumbnails for pictures, syntax highlighting for code fragments, or emojis. Some of these features, such as embedding, can be disabled in the user preferences. A key difference between Discord and IRC is that the former provides a back log of chat.
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Discord pointed to its processes for users with high visibility and longstanding business relationships with the company for reserving a username under the new system. The old discriminator-oriented system also mitigated the rush to get unique usernames for sale on the black market , leading to swatting and online harassment .
Starting in the 2010s, third-party software have become very popular among gamers, even when in game VoIP services are available. Notable software includes Discord, Ventrilo, TeamSpeak, and Mumble. Support for Discord was added to the Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One consoles in 2022, [6] [7] with support coming to PlayStation 5 in 2023. [8]
Examples of such messaging services include: Skype, Facebook Messenger, Google Hangouts (subsequently Google Chat), Telegram, ICQ, Element, Slack, Discord, etc. Users have more options as usernames or email addresses can be used as user identifiers, besides phone numbers. Unlike the phone-based model, user accounts on a multi-device model are ...
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