On a hugely popular discord, you can’t expect everyone to have a personal relationship with an admin so they can tell or verify when an official post is less than official.
I would absolutely fake the style of post the admin usually does if I decided to spread something in a server.
That being said, users should think about the source of stuff they do download.
How do you get malware via discord?
Compromised admin accounts post links to malware.
Simple example:
Even better if you use the new .zip tld as valheim mods are (probably?) Zips?
By downloading/clicking on every link you see without any thinking of what it is, why its being shared, etc.
On a hugely popular discord, you can’t expect everyone to have a personal relationship with an admin so they can tell or verify when an official post is less than official.
I would absolutely fake the style of post the admin usually does if I decided to spread something in a server.
That being said, users should think about the source of stuff they do download.
Click on all the things.
Here is a detailed explanation how it all went down.
That’s a really good breakdown, thanks for posting!