[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":498},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-36383773":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":46,"post_text":47,"what":48,"said":80,"maker_in_thread":175,"shape":182,"grid":186,"attempts":453,"same_week":461,"maker_shows":42,"maker_hidden":490,"reader_version":491,"card":492},"36383773","Answer Overflow","Answer Overflow  – Indexing Discord content into the web","title","Show HN: Answer Overflow  – Indexing Discord content into the web","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.answeroverflow.com\u002F","answeroverflow.com","rhyssullivan1",1687117846,2023,333,98,120,3109,4,"legend","data","search engine for discord","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"discord search","discord indexing","discord archive","community knowledge base","mixed",-0.133,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},8,11,3,13,35,{"idea":37,"privacy":40,"execution":43,"design":44,"docs":45},{"positive":38,"critical":39},5,9,{"positive":41,"critical":42},0,1,{"positive":41,"critical":42},{"positive":41,"critical":41},{"positive":41,"critical":42},[33,41,41,41,38,41,41,42,33,42,41,41,42,33,41,41,41,41,41,41,33,42,38,41,41,41,42,33,33,33,42,18,33,42,38,42,42,33,41,33],"Hi!\n\nI'm Rhys, I develop Answer Overflow a search engine for Discord channels. Answer Overflow indexes content from channels into Google making them discoverable on the web.\n\nI'm sharing this again after seeing a lot of discussion during the Reddit blackout about the inaccessibility of information sent in Discord servers.\n\nAnswer Overflow is a verified bot in over 100 communities, fully complies with the Discord ToS, and is open source! https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FAnswerOverflow\u002FAnswerOverflow\n\nCheck out some of the communities here!\n\nT3 Community - https:\u002F\u002Fwww.answeroverflow.com\u002Fc\u002F966627436387266600\n\n",{"problem":49,"audience":55,"pricing":65,"motivation":71,"time_to_build":75,"stack":76,"openness":77,"stage":78,"team_size":79},{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Information posted in Discord servers is hard to find and not discoverable on the web.","maker",[53],{"id":54},"post",{"value":56,"source":57,"evidence":58},"Community managers and people seeking answers in Discord communities.","inferred",[59,62],{"id":60,"by":11,"text":61},"36384808","Most Discord communities aren't meant to be indexed I agree! Thanks for linking that article it was interesting to read There's lots that have support channels though for…",{"id":63,"by":11,"text":64},"36386933","Welcome to the Answer Overflow community! I agree it'd be good to have a quicker way to setup multiple channels - to be honest it's kind of far in the backlog as it's pretty rare…",{"value":66,"source":51,"evidence":67},"Core indexing is free; extra community support features may be paid.",[68],{"id":69,"by":11,"text":70},"36385109","Where did you see self hosting is a pro feature? My bad if the website gives that impression. It will be free, the whole codebase is MIT licensed. For all the extra bells and…",{"value":72,"source":51,"evidence":73},"Make help content in Discord servers accessible after Reddit blackout discussion.",[74],{"id":54},null,[],"open_source","launched","unknown",{"praise":81,"objections":101,"requests":134,"questions":148,"alternatives":163},[82,90],{"value":83,"source":84,"evidence":85},"Free and open source software.","commenter",[86],{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"36385769","dancemethis","Good on you (and everyone) for releasing it as Free Software. Just the target is unfortunate.",{"value":91,"source":84,"evidence":92},"Useful for finding technical knowledge locked in Discord.",[93,97],{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"36389324","TeMPOraL","Correct. However, some things should be preserved forever and accessible. It's really nice to be able to put a piece of scientific jargon, or a text of an error message, into a…",{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"36389237","jlokier","That depends a lot on the channel. Some channels are exclusively monthly public announcements, of new version of software, or bugs, or announcements of conferences for example.…",[102,113,120,127],{"value":103,"source":84,"evidence":104},"Indexing most Discord content is noisy and breaks the cozy private community feel.",[105,109],{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"36384747","easygenes","While I see the value here, I don't really think most Discord communities are appropriate to be indexed. It breaks the whole cozy web aspect of it. [1] [1]…",{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"36385043","Kiro","It makes no sense to index the vast majority of content. You would need to cherry pick really hard among all the noise to find the stuff worth putting online.",{"value":114,"source":84,"evidence":115},"Discord context is fragmented, making indexing hard.",[116],{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"36388662","leobg","Indexing Discord is going to be tough. The reason is that context is all over the place: Question in one message. Then two unrelated messages. Then a partial answer by somebody.…",{"value":121,"source":84,"evidence":122},"Copyright and consent concerns about indexing user content.",[123],{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"36386011","bitshiftfaced","People who give their consent to Discord to host their writing don't necessarily do so for third parties. Isn't there a copyright issue here?",{"value":128,"source":84,"evidence":129},"Relevance is hard without link-graph authority.",[130],{"id":131,"by":132,"text":133},"36389038","freediver","There are several issues with surfacing search results from Discord as mentioned before in the thread, and even if all of them are resolved the biggest one remains relevance.…",[135,142],{"value":136,"source":84,"evidence":137},"Bulk enable indexing for multiple channels at once.",[138],{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"36386833","jaygreco","This is awesome and timely! I’ve been wanting to set something like this up for the nullbits server for a while. When I picked discord instead of a forum, I wasn’t counting on…",{"value":143,"source":51,"evidence":144},"Clearer indicator when viewing private messages while signed in.",[145],{"id":146,"by":11,"text":147},"36391116","Glad we got this resolved and it was all working properly, the site does need to do more to make it clearer when viewing a private message while signed in added it to the backlog…",[149,156],{"value":150,"source":84,"evidence":151},"How does it compare to Linen?",[152],{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},"36384352","mdaniel","Welcome back. How does this compare to Linen (https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Flinen-dev\u002Flinen.dev#readme), which claims to support Slack and Discord? I do see the license difference, but…",{"value":157,"source":84,"evidence":158},"Is the name a trademark risk with Stack Overflow?",[159],{"id":160,"by":161,"text":162},"36386347","arp242","If this takes off you may very well get a letter from Stack Overflow lawyers over the name. It's your choice if you want to take that risk, but just FYI. (And to be honest, I…",[164,168],{"value":165,"source":84,"evidence":166},"Linen",[167],{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},{"value":169,"source":84,"evidence":170},"Gitter",[171],{"id":172,"by":173,"text":174},"36400007","fomine3","Gitter is an ignored solution.",{"comments":32,"answered":18,"key":176},[177,180,181],{"id":178,"text":179},"36384759","I think it's due to how Discord evolved as a platform Discord start as \"your private place for your friends to talk\" during a time where there were a lot of privacy issues with…",{"id":146,"text":147},{"id":60,"text":61},{"commenters":183,"max_depth":31,"maker_replies":32,"first_comment_mins":184,"lifespan_hours":185},60,64,43,[187,191,193,196,200,204,206,208,210,213,216,219,221,224,226,229,232,235,238,240,243,246,247,251,254,257,259,262,265,267,270,273,276,279,282,285,287,290,294,296,298,301,302,305,307,310,312,314,317,319,321,324,326,328,330,333,336,338,340,343,345,348,351,353,355,357,361,362,364,365,367,369,371,374,376,378,380,384,388,391,394,396,399,402,405,409,412,414,417,420,423,424,429,433,437,440,444,448],[188,41,33,189,190,41],"36384730","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea","apignotti",[178,41,41,192,11,42],"other\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[194,41,41,195,88,41],"36385762","other\u002Fcritical\u002Fprivacy",[197,41,41,198,199,41],"36385872","other\u002Fcritical\u002Fnone","datenyan",[201,41,41,202,203,41],"36387405","commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone","esafak",[205,41,41,202,95,41],"36389279",[207,41,41,202,203,41],"36393787",[209,41,41,202,95,41],"36394847",[211,41,41,192,212,41],"36386050","jrockway",[214,41,41,192,215,41],"36386792","omeze",[217,41,41,192,218,41],"36387728","chillfox",[94,41,38,220,95,41],"project\u002Fpositive\u002Fidea",[222,41,41,192,223,41],"36391669","Geezus_42",[225,41,41,192,223,41],"36391681",[227,41,41,228,218,41],"36398657","other\u002Fneutral\u002Fdocs",[230,41,41,195,231,41],"36388982","haupt",[233,41,41,192,234,41],"36389066","Dalewyn",[236,41,41,192,237,41],"36389677","barrysteve",[110,41,42,239,111,41],"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fidea",[241,41,41,202,242,41],"36385106","jasonjmcghee",[244,41,42,239,245,41],"36387065","IceSentry",[98,41,38,220,99,41],[248,41,41,249,250,41],"36385378","commenter\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea","michaelmior",[252,41,42,239,253,41],"36387396","lohnjemon",[255,41,41,249,256,41],"36389793","andybak",[258,41,41,192,203,41],"36385213",[260,41,41,192,261,41],"36388100","mavhc",[263,41,41,202,264,41],"36400613","Zetobal",[266,41,41,192,261,41],"36401209",[268,41,42,239,269,41],"36385237","thrashh",[271,41,41,202,272,41],"36385276","madeofpalk",[274,41,41,202,275,41],"36385966","celdon25",[277,41,33,189,278,41],"36385377","thunky",[280,41,41,192,281,41],"36385557","hutzlibu",[283,41,41,192,284,41],"36385666","jacooper",[286,41,41,192,278,41],"36386150",[288,41,41,192,289,41],"36386368","waboremo",[291,41,41,292,293,41],"36386765","other\u002Fcritical\u002Fidea","Grimburger",[295,41,41,202,218,41],"36387773",[297,41,41,202,95,41],"36389363",[299,41,41,192,300,41],"36397203","throwaway675309",[172,41,41,192,173,41],[303,41,41,192,304,41],"36386593","starlevel003",[306,41,41,192,218,41],"36387719",[308,41,41,202,309,41],"36387883","teolandon",[311,41,41,202,218,41],"36387959",[313,41,41,202,95,41],"36389437",[315,41,41,202,316,41],"36404653","captaincrisp",[318,41,41,202,261,41],"36388106",[320,41,41,202,218,41],"36388186",[322,42,33,323,256,41],"36390286","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fprivacy",[146,42,41,325,11,42],"maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fprivacy",[106,327,42,239,107,41],2,[60,327,41,329,11,42],"maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fidea",[331,327,38,332,107,41],"36385696","maker\u002Fpositive\u002Fidea",[334,327,33,189,335,41],"36385000","philippejara",[337,327,41,198,95,41],"36385105",[339,327,41,192,107,41],"36385578",[341,327,41,192,342,41],"36385782","itsuka",[344,327,41,202,95,41],"36388668",[346,327,41,202,347,41],"36387530","brucethemoose2",[349,327,41,202,350,41],"36388039","Karrot_Kream",[352,327,41,202,95,41],"36388952",[354,327,41,202,350,41],"36400068",[117,33,42,356,118,41],"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fexecution",[358,33,33,359,360,41],"36389718","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fexecution","sprremix",[153,18,33,189,154,41],[363,18,41,189,11,42],"36384419",[124,38,33,189,125,41],[366,38,41,189,11,42],"36386024",[368,38,33,189,125,41],"36386108",[370,38,41,189,11,42],"36386238",[139,372,33,373,140,41],6,"project\u002Fmixed\u002Fexecution",[63,372,41,375,11,42],"maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[131,377,42,239,132,41],7,[379,377,33,189,256,41],"36390297",[381,31,33,382,383,41],"36385585","project\u002Fmixed\u002Fprivacy","jcq3",[385,39,38,386,387,41],"36384901","project\u002Fpositive\u002Fnone","mid-kid",[389,39,41,390,11,42],"36384914","maker\u002Fneutral\u002Fdocs",[392,39,33,393,387,41],"36385067","project\u002Fmixed\u002Fdesign",[69,39,41,395,11,42],"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fpricing",[397,39,42,398,387,41],"36385188","project\u002Fcritical\u002Fdocs",[400,39,41,401,11,42],"36385226","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fdocs",[403,39,38,386,404,41],"36386207","wanderingbit",[406,407,38,220,408,41],"36390402",10,"Alifatisk",[410,32,42,239,411,41],"36390459","returnInfinity",[160,413,42,239,161,41],12,[415,413,41,416,11,42],"36386402","project\u002Fneutral\u002Fnone",[418,413,42,419,161,41],"36386794","project\u002Fcritical\u002Fnone",[421,413,41,202,422,41],"36386411","cheschire",[87,34,38,220,88,41],[425,426,33,427,428,41],"36400309",14,"project\u002Fneutral\u002Fdesign","retox",[430,431,42,239,432,41],"36387241",15,"bsenftner",[434,435,41,192,436,41],"36386823",16,"ilrwbwrkhv",[438,435,41,202,439,41],"36386904","isnhp",[441,442,33,189,443,41],"36385836",17,"informal007",[445,446,38,386,447,41],"36384406",18,"tudorw",[449,450,42,451,452,41],"36384777",19,"project\u002Fcritical\u002Fprivacy","berkle4455",[454,457,460],{"id":455,"t":456,"points":33,"comments":41},"32703995",1662225695,{"id":458,"t":459,"points":33,"comments":372},"35341247",1680012128,{"id":4,"t":12,"points":14,"comments":15},[462,467,472,477,482,486],{"id":463,"name":464,"points":465,"category":466},"36365511","PropBox",520,"web_saas",{"id":468,"name":469,"points":470,"category":471},"36360789","Novel",370,"productivity",{"id":473,"name":474,"points":475,"category":476},"36391655","HN Recommend",314,"learning_science",{"id":478,"name":479,"points":480,"category":481},"36388821","Slint",291,"dev_tools",{"id":483,"name":484,"points":485,"category":481},"36422730","gpt-engineer",178,{"id":487,"name":488,"points":489,"category":20},"36409201","Autolabel",153,false,"v2",{"id":493,"name":5,"line":6,"ai":490,"cat":20,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rec":28,"s":494,"top":18,"kw":495,"maker":11,"domain":10,"tier":19,"attempts":33,"strip":496,"url":9,"mix":497,"praise":83,"objection":103,"sub":21},36383773,-0.13,[24,25,26,27],"3000500131001300000031500013331431511303",[31,32,33,34],1794036637109]