Then if the child wants an account, a parent has to make one and create their profile and choose what they can and cannot do. Sort of like parental controls for video game consoles, smart phones etc
No age verification required. No ID etc
That way i can check a box that disallows my kid to join any server, or he has to request access which i have to confirm etc
To play devil’s advocate real quick, that system has no teeth in actually stopping kids from signing up to services. I remember lying about my birthday for Neopets to register an account - and later I couldn’t remember what I said it was originally. So if we assume that services should be responsible for keeping kids out of adult spaces, then some form of verification is necessary.
In reality, I don’t think I agree with that assumption. I lean toward things being free and open - including potentially letting kids access adult spaces. There are certainly dangers in that but I don’t think that segregation and surveillance are the best way to address those dangers. If anything, segregating kids into “for kids” parts of the internet puts them at much more risk of abuse because the abusers can go there to find a target-rich environment with few adult onlookers to expose them.
Some of these groups have dozens or hundreds of people on them, no way I’ll get even a fraction of them to. I don’t have the time or desire to start a new community from scratch.
As much as I hate it, people join Discord because that’s where all the communities are and they stay because all their other communities are there.
Most people won’t care for the simple reason that most people don’t use Discord for porn and will never need to access a NSFW server. They will never need to verify.
I’m in the UK where the Discord age verification is already live for several months. I was never even prompted to verify.
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My suggestion to discord:
Require age input when making a user
Then if the child wants an account, a parent has to make one and create their profile and choose what they can and cannot do. Sort of like parental controls for video game consoles, smart phones etc
No age verification required. No ID etc
That way i can check a box that disallows my kid to join any server, or he has to request access which i have to confirm etc
Same can be done for friends requests and PMs etc
To play devil’s advocate real quick, that system has no teeth in actually stopping kids from signing up to services. I remember lying about my birthday for Neopets to register an account - and later I couldn’t remember what I said it was originally. So if we assume that services should be responsible for keeping kids out of adult spaces, then some form of verification is necessary.
In reality, I don’t think I agree with that assumption. I lean toward things being free and open - including potentially letting kids access adult spaces. There are certainly dangers in that but I don’t think that segregation and surveillance are the best way to address those dangers. If anything, segregating kids into “for kids” parts of the internet puts them at much more risk of abuse because the abusers can go there to find a target-rich environment with few adult onlookers to expose them.
I got a simpler one…I stopped using discord 4 years ago and I was right! LOL.
Seriously, stop using it.
A lot of communities only exist on Discord. And no, you can’t just find alternatives if they’re locally based or similar.
So stop using it? Yes, its hard… 1)Spool up server not using discord. 2) tell people to join.
Some of these groups have dozens or hundreds of people on them, no way I’ll get even a fraction of them to. I don’t have the time or desire to start a new community from scratch.
As much as I hate it, people join Discord because that’s where all the communities are and they stay because all their other communities are there.
Alright! Happy doxing!
Most people won’t care for the simple reason that most people don’t use Discord for porn and will never need to access a NSFW server. They will never need to verify.
I’m in the UK where the Discord age verification is already live for several months. I was never even prompted to verify.
We can make alternatives. That’s how the Discord communities got started.
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