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In context: Discord is widely considered a relatively private communication channel compared to the open web. However, in a bid to revive the usefulness of forums, the company will start making some messages more public in the coming weeks. Server admins should now start seeing new controls to determine which chatrooms and messages can eventually appear in Google search results.

Answers posted after mid-December to questions in discoverable Discord servers can appear in search results on the open web. Usernames and avatars won't appear next to the messages, and admins can already opt out of the new policy.

Most Discord servers will remain relatively private, inaccessible to search engines and anyone without an invite.…