Discord is testing a feature that hides messages from suspended accounts with no way to view them, according to Discord Previews. Unlike blocked messages or spam flags where you can still click to reveal the content, this would permanently hide whatever suspended users wrote.
The leak showed up on X earlier today. You can check out the screenshot of the feature in action below:
Users immediately started complaining. Server moderators pointed out that they sometimes need old messages for context when investigating issues. There’s also confusion about whether this affects only Discord-banned accounts or people who delete their own accounts too.
Discord’s ban system already has problems. Reddit communities dedicated to Discord bans are full of people claiming they got suspended for no reason. Last year, users reported getting permanently banned by AutoMod false positives, then watching support tickets get auto-closed by bots instead of reviewed by humans.
The wrongful suspension complaints make the new hiding feature more controversial. If Discord bans someone by mistake and then erases all their messages, that’s a lot of lost chat history with zero recovery option.
But this isn’t the only feature the platform is experimenting with. Discord Previews also shed light on parental controls for scheduled screen time today.
Parents will be able to set specific hours when their kid’s account works each day of the week. It will only apply to child accounts linked through Family Center, which already lets parents see who their teen talks to and how often.
Family Center got upgraded in November with DM filtering and weekly activity reports. TechCrunch noted Discord has been under pressure to prove it can self-regulate as Congress debates the Kids Online Safety Act. Critics told Mashable the tools still dump too much responsibility on parents instead of making Discord safer by default.
Neither feature is officially announced yet. The suspended message hiding has people divided between thinking it’s necessary protection and worrying it destroys evidence. Both are still in development according to Discord Previews, so the features may or may not see the light of day.
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