The changes start coming into effect next month

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You might want to hold off on that horny posting in your favourite discoverable Discord server. The chat service announced today that any servers that are listed as discoverable, meaning anyone can find them simply through Googling, no invite link required, will now also show messages and discussions posted in said servers on Google.

This is being done because, as Discord admits, forums aren't as popular these days. "Prior to Discord's launch, message boards were common, ranging from community-driven forums to official ones run by game studios," reads a post explaining the update . "These message boards excelled at hosting long-form, structured conversations about helping people, theory crafting, and more. While they still exist today, many have moved into Discord servers. This has led to valuable information being locked in Discord conversations, inaccessible to the wider internet.…