Messaging platform **Discord** is implementing a significant change that will allow search engines to index discussions within its Discoverable Servers, making them accessible to anyone on the web. This initiative aims to surface useful information from these public communities, which previously remained largely siloed within the platform. ### What's Changing? The new policy specifically targets Discoverable Servers, defined as publicly listed communities with at least 1,000 members. **Discord** currently hosts approximately 63,000 such servers. Private servers, direct messages, and group announcements on non-Discoverable servers will remain unaffected. ### Rollout Schedule The rollout will proceed in two main phases: 1. **November 16**: All Discoverable Servers will automatically receive a public Server Web Page, which will display automatically generated summaries of active conversations from this date forward. 2. **Mid-December**: Eligible messages posted on Discoverable Servers will begin appearing on these Server Web Pages and become indexable by web search engines. Messages posted *before* this mid-December release date will be excluded. Server Web Pages will be automatically created on November 16 if administrators haven't done so manually. The only way to prevent this automatic creation is to change the server type to private before the cutoff date.  *Source: Discord* ### Controls for Administrators and Users **Discord** is providing controls for both server administrators and individual users: * **Server Administrators**: Admins can choose to exclude specific channels or disable all channel content sharing entirely via `Server Settings > Web Presence`.  *Source: Discord* * **Community Members**: Users can control whether their future messages appear on Server Web Pages through `User Settings > Data and Privacy`. However, this setting only affects *future* messages; past messages that have already become public cannot be retracted.  *Source: Discord* It's crucial to note that if these settings are left at their defaults, content will automatically be included in the new sharing scheme for many regions. ### Regional Opt-Outs and Underage Users Crucially, message sharing will remain **off by default** in the European Union, the UK, Canada, Brazil, Australia, and South Korea. In these regions, members must explicitly enable the feature in their privacy settings. Underage users are automatically excluded from this feature and cannot activate it until they reach 18 years of age.