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If the pushback on social media doesn't get Discord to drop these plans, then I'll just have to delete the app.
Not caving to another app asking for Personally Identifiable Information (PII) only for this same data to be leaked months to years later.
Society will do everything to protect children aside from making better parents.
I hope there is a mass exodus from discord!
Remember to review bomb it immediately once this drops
My discord account is about 10 years old. Do they assume I created it as a 6 year old? Account age alone should be enough to verify I'm an adult with reasonable certainty.
Legally, they can't be sure you didn't sell the account, even if the email address is the same.
Not defending the policy here, it's bullshit. But I'm simply pointing out that they have excuses to beat any logic you throw at them. Logic has nothing to do with it, so it can't be beaten by logic either.
Well no, what if you have a Benjamin Button situation going on and will be too young to use Discord in a year or two?They gotta cover all their bases.
Discord was always an overhyped crap.
Not really. At the beginning it was amazing. It took 0 resources to run while gaming and the call quality was miles ahead, nevermind the flexibility around servers and what you could do with them.
Then, as all things, it turned to shit once ot gained market share.
Oh. Okay, stupids. Bye.
Would the best alternative still be something like Matrix/Element or is there something new/better out there?
The problem with these things is that it's really hard to convince others to move to a better platform.
Back in the day before Discord, people used Teamspeak, not sure if it is still around, tho.
Tom from MySpace needs to have a second coming.
He'd need to come up with something new. MySpace was sold some years ago.
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't they got a massive leak for gov IDs last year? And they still pushing this bs?! Hello?
You are not wrong.
Hello!
Discord’s updated privacy approach is “teen-by-default,” the company said in an announcement today. This means that, starting in March, all users on Discord will have their accounts partially restricted to the experience you’d get if you were under the age of 13.
I'm fine with that. I don't need porn on Discord.
Then they will decide that links to some news stories aret appropriate for kids. No more pesky videos of ICE executing people in the street.
When do social media companies actually do anything to protect kids??
It also includes other functions that is not NSFW. Nothing that I personally care about but might be a deal breaker for bigger communities.
Discord breaks down the restrictions as follows:
- Content Filters: Discord users will need to be age-assured as adults in order to unblur sensitive content or turn off the setting.
- Age-gated Spaces: – Only users who are age-assured as adults will be able to access age-restricted channels, servers, and app commands.
- Message Request Inbox: Direct messages from people a user may not know are routed to a separate inbox by default, and access to modify this setting is limited to age-assured adult users.
- Friend Request Alerts: People will receive warning prompts for friend requests from users they may not know.
- Stage Restrictions: Only age-assured adults may speak on stage in servers.
What are "stage in servers"?
My client apparently no longer allows editing or deleting, but please disregard this comment.
The general comment and title is simply untrue. They will require verification in cases of known adult or censored content, and in NSFW channels and servers. "Regular" content and spaces are untouched.
That said, I give it 6-10 months before it's required for all users regardless of content access.
Wouldn't that significantly destroy their user base? Most servers I have seen it talked about the feeling seems to be not a fucking chance but we don't use this for porn anyway.
I would love to see a popular alternative appear from this.
They got scared when a full revolution started in discord channels.
Anyone have a FOSS with screen share / group service?
I would also like to know if stoat offers screen sharing or if it’s just calls and video calls
Are you talking about Iran? That happened over Discord? Is it possible Discord is being forced to do this by Don the Demented's admin? Might be banking on complying and then seuing for damages down the road.
Nepal or something wasn't it?
Oooh, right. Yeah.
Already happened in Australia. I can't access NSFW channels, unless I do a face scan (no thanks).
But the rest of the server you can access?
So far yeah. Only really use it to look for coop groups in game, so still doing its job for me right now.
Bye, bitch! Discord has sucked for a while anyway...
I will use AI image generation, such as "Thispersondoesnotexist". They can have an imaginary face for their data brokers.
Cool. I'm getting off it so that they don't think doing shit like this is okay