Discord plans to make some public-channel messages available through web search, including Google, from mid-December. Its October 27 announcement gives community owners a way to attract people looking for answers, while members gain controls over which future messages can appear.

The change covers Discoverable Servers, the public communities listed in Discord’s directory that have at least 1,000 members. Private servers and direct messages are excluded. Messages sent before the mid-December rollout will not be included.

Every Discoverable Server will have a public Server Web Page from November 16. If administrators have not created one, Discord will publish a default page using the server’s profile.

Those pages can show automated summaries of discussions from November 16 onward.…