{"id":205960,"date":"2022-10-31T11:31:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T10:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=205960"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:21:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:21:52","slug":"discord-clearing-servers-and-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/discord-clearing-servers-and-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Discord has been clearing thousands of servers and millions of accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The increasingly popular social media platform, Discord, recently published its <strong>quarterly safety and transparency report<\/strong>. This report showed some serious house-cleaning efforts made by the platform, banning and disabling<strong> thousands of accounts<\/strong> suspected of spam-related offenses or other actions against the platform\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Discord\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-logo-xl,f_auto\/p\/9848e854-ffae-11e6-a59d-00163ed833e7\/2949821524\/discord-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Discord<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/discord.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In total, 55,573,411 user accounts and 68,379 servers <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.com\/blog\/discord-transparency-report-q2-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"were disabled\">were disabled<\/a> between January and June of this year. Most of these accounts were <strong>banned for spam-related offenses<\/strong>, with only 1,821,721 <strong>removed for other reasons<\/strong> such as child safety or exploitative and unsolicited content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This number of account removal may seem significant, but on a platform as popular as Discord, it\u2019s essential to ensure all users\u2019 safety. So far, this <strong>move seems to be justified<\/strong>, especially when looking at the number of successful appeals. Only <strong>2% of appeals were successful<\/strong> after the first quarter, whereas in the second quarter, less than 1% of appeals were reinstated. This illustrates how seriously the platform takes these bans and how <strong>careful they investigate<\/strong> before disabling accounts to make sure the platform is safe for all users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discord also reported that they <strong>were able to act on 24% of reported infractions<\/strong> between January and March and 22% of those reported between April and June. These steady numbers show an active interest in monitoring the platform. They also stated that they welcome appeals and are <strong>more than happy to reinstate accounts<\/strong> if they made a mistake, or the user can provide more details they weren\u2019t aware of.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Discord-has-been-clearing-thousands-of-servers-and-millions-of-accounts-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/discord.en.softonic.com\/articles\/discord-exciting-new-features\" class=\"wp-image-205965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Discord-has-been-clearing-thousands-of-servers-and-millions-of-accounts-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Discord-has-been-clearing-thousands-of-servers-and-millions-of-accounts-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Discord-has-been-clearing-thousands-of-servers-and-millions-of-accounts-2-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Discord-has-been-clearing-thousands-of-servers-and-millions-of-accounts-2-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Discord-has-been-clearing-thousands-of-servers-and-millions-of-accounts-2-664x374.jpg 664w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Discord-has-been-clearing-thousands-of-servers-and-millions-of-accounts-2-238x134.jpg 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Discord-has-been-clearing-thousands-of-servers-and-millions-of-accounts-2-436x246.jpg 436w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Discord-has-been-clearing-thousands-of-servers-and-millions-of-accounts-2-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Discord-has-been-clearing-thousands-of-servers-and-millions-of-accounts-2-304x170.jpg 304w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Discord-has-been-clearing-thousands-of-servers-and-millions-of-accounts-2-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Discord-has-been-clearing-thousands-of-servers-and-millions-of-accounts-2-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Discord-has-been-clearing-thousands-of-servers-and-millions-of-accounts-2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/Discord-has-been-clearing-thousands-of-servers-and-millions-of-accounts-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discord is<strong> taking an active stand<\/strong> in trying to create a safe environment for its users to connect and create. We\u2019re starting to see a lot more of this on social media platforms. Even Twitter has <strong>plans to create a content moderation council<\/strong> to help keep the platform safe for all users. Elon Musk, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.en.softonic.com\/articles\/elon-musks-twitter-deal-owner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"the official owner of Twitter\">the official owner of Twitter<\/a>, has announced this plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among its <strong>commitment to making the platform safer<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.en.softonic.com\/articles\/discord-exciting-new-features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Discord is also releasing new features\">Discord is also releasing new features<\/a> to keep users entertained and having fun. We look forward to seeing what else the platform has in store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The increasingly popular social media platform, Discord, recently published its quarterly safety and transparency report. This report showed some serious house-cleaning efforts made by the platform, banning and disabling thousands of accounts suspected of spam-related offenses or other actions against the platform\u2019s rules. In total, 55,573,411 user accounts and 68,379 servers were disabled between January &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/discord-clearing-servers-and-accounts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Discord has been clearing thousands of servers and millions of accounts&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9221,"featured_media":205963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[2324,1617],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-205960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiondiscord","tag-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205960"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":341214,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205960\/revisions\/341214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205960"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=205960"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=205960"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=205960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}