Summary of PSA: Discord added a New Raid and Scamming Method...
Storyline
- A new exploit allows users to add bots to Discord servers without admin permissions.
- Raids have occurred on various servers, including large ones with thousands of members.
- The raiders use bots to spam messages, often with seemingly innocent content that escalates to disruptive behavior.
Gameplay Highlights
The video showcases how bots can flood chat channels with spam messages, demonstrating the ease of executing such actions. The narrator humorously criticizes the raiders, suggesting they are young and lack maturity.
Strategies and Key Tips
- Understanding the Exploit: The bot can send messages in rapid succession, bypassing normal restrictions.
- Preventative Measures:
- Server owners should check their permissions to disable external app integrations.
- To do this, navigate to server settings, go to rules, select the "everyone" role, and disable the permission for external apps.
- Identifying scammers: The video explains how scammers create bots with misleading names (like "Discord") using special characters to bypass Discord's naming restrictions.
- Reporting and Banning: Users can view interaction info for spam messages to identify and ban the responsible parties.
Conclusion
The video emphasizes the importance of server owners being proactive about their settings to prevent exploitation and scams.
Featured Gamers/Sources
The video references viewer contributions and experiences but does not mention specific names.
Notable Quotes
— 00:01 — « It's all Discord's fault. »
— 00:42 — « Oh no, Dad's cord got raided! No, what are we ever going to do about the most down bad, deliriously horny Discord server? »
— 01:10 — « Either I'm too old for this or I haven't been thrown down the stairs repeatedly by my mother as a child. »
— 04:12 — « If you had the intelligence of a pet rock, you would click download on this thing, run it on your computer, and congratulations, you just got hacked. »
— 06:34 — « Discord decided out of their infinite wisdom having this enabled by default was the best option. »
Category
Gaming