I’m not going to pretend the data is safe—it will disappear eventually.

That’s what’s valuable, yeah. Lots of great posts that I don’t want to be lost.

But, it’s not like we lost everything that was produced in that community overnight, even with the server going offline.

Fair.

I did create a list of all posts submitted to [email protected] at [email protected] so that all those valuable posts are not lost.

Discord, the social chat app popular with the video game community, has met with investment bankers in recent weeks to discuss preparations for an initial public offering as soon as this year, two people familiar with the talks said.
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The people, who requested anonymity because the conversations are confidential, cautioned that the talks were still exploratory and that I.P.O. plans remained subject to change.