Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online (www.404media.co)

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Data Availability The dataset presented in this study has been made publicly available and can be accessed via DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.146585059. The data is provided in a compressed format, which can be decompressed for analysis. Detailed instructions for accessing and utilizing the dataset are provided in this article and the platform

Ok, and in regular english?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well the DOI is a digital identifier for papers and other data references for sciency stuff. But that DOI just points to the actual paper https://www.arxiv.org/pdf/2502.00627

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Link to where the archive is https://zenodo.org/records/15170676 but its been restricted from downloading

Note: Download access has been temporarily suspended at the request of the ICWSM program chairs.

EDIT: lol I love the Internet Archive Its 120GiB if anyone wants to try download it and see if it works.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250521011912/https://zenodo.org/records/15170676/files/dataset.zst?download=1

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

The only error I can see is "the data is" should be "the data are". Stylistically I would also change utilizing to using, which conveys exactly the same meaning and is more accessible.

Otherwise I believe this is regular English. It's ok to have difficulty comprehending language, but it's more productive to ask questions about the parts you don't understand.

Can I help with any specific questions?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

The data is correct English in this context. I was talking more about DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.146585059.

But others have said what it is.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Anything that people write is correct really, like language is created by anyone making sounds or patterns to share meaning.

Data is a plural though, seppo dominance using it as singular is changing it outside that miserable empire but it's one of my hangups haha.

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