2026-04-11 19:45 UTC
There's been a spate of Discord-based hacking attempts lately, two of my friends have had to do this. They can't get their old accounts back, Discord is basically just ignoring them. Starting new accounts is easy.
The hard part is that they also lost their gmail accounts, that's a lot more important for most people to be able to recover. I recommend everyone with a gmail account do the "create an emergency recovery code" thing, print it out and store it somewhere safely off anything digital.
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@Dojan@pawb.social 2026-04-11 23:31
This is how Discord works. I’ve two separate friends who lost access to their accounts. One lost it via hacking or social engineering, and the other lost access because their mail service shut down. Both long time users, with the subscription bullshit. Both struggled with support, neither got their accounts back. Both made new accounts and continued paying the subscription. Absolutely bonkers.