open curtains, dont lock your doors even bathroom ones, unlock your phone and have all accounts have password stored in plain sights AND THEN give phone and all intimate things to rwndom evil people so they can also install spy software si they can repeat thos 24/7!
I wonder if they’ll take into account that, had I signed up at (the youngest possible age of) 13, the age of my account would then make me 21. I suppose they can’t really sell that inferred data…
Did they edit the article or am I maybe just blind? I don’t see metadata being mentioned anywhere in the article or in the original Discord announcement. I even did a ctrl+f on meta, and nothing came up.
You joke but I saw so many complaints when Facebook and Twitter started blocking 13 and younger from people who had ten year old accounts, created when they were under 13, getting banned, despite currently not being underaged. Because the verification was built terribly.
There definitely needs to be a social pressure to drop discord, I propose that there needs to be some level of social stigma around using or liking discord. Like for example if someone says they prefer discord or like its look and features and promote people to verify or even buy Discord Nitro, call them a discord bro or similar negative quip (we can find the names and phrases in due time).
If that sounds too harsh consider that if someone said they like to use chatGPT and prefer to use it, a lot of people would call them AI bros for that. It isn’t much different. Social stigma is a powerful motive. Especially for creators and for platforms where PR is of utmost importance.
Like if Discord usage is stigmatized we can go from discord API logins on community sites and projects to them never even acknowledging discord exists. That’s what will drive change, not inconvenience, not privacy violations by discord, or even good intentions on their part. Shame that loses people’s respect for them.
Personally I’m fine with the restrictions. I’m not in any age restricted servers and I don’t use the Stage feature. I already have pms restricted to mutual servers. If they want to “assume I’m 13” let them. If I can get on voice with my D&D group idgaf.
No I’m not trusting them with my info, or RL identity, but it sounds like they’re not booting people off the service for not providing it.
I only even use it because I have networks that refuse to see the writing on the wall. Maybe this will finally give them the kick they need to try matrix? Probably not…
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You want surveillance, dawg?
open curtains, dont lock your doors even bathroom ones, unlock your phone and have all accounts have password stored in plain sights AND THEN give phone and all intimate things to rwndom evil people so they can also install spy software si they can repeat thos 24/7!
if u dont care about privacy THWTS AIS
They do this shit, and I’ll not use their shit. Simple as.
What if the government demands it and you are too poor move someplace better?
I already dumped them. No one is gonna scan me.
I think they mean that they simply won’t Id themselves / stop using the platform.
A 12 yo that I know scanned his face. It recognized it as an adult and now he can’t talk with his friends, only adults…
Is he in the same discord server as them? Or is he unable to send direct messages to them?
Well fock Discord AM I RIGHT? Use Matrix or some shat fuck slavery
You can say fuck or shit, ya know.
Oh ok hahah
realizes this isnt Hitlers reddit
Right
Think of their platform!
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Can we NOT use Matrix? It’s way too user unfriendly.
If i just use it for messaging and nothing 18+ (didnt know discord even had that side), im assuming i dont need to upload my government documents?
I wonder if they’ll take into account that, had I signed up at (the youngest possible age of) 13, the age of my account would then make me 21. I suppose they can’t really sell that inferred data…
You could have lied then too and not been 13 at the time
I’m actually seven right now. 👶
Impressive online skills for a second grader
The article says they may check metadata to verify users as well, so as far as I can tell, they will take that into account.
Did they edit the article or am I maybe just blind? I don’t see metadata being mentioned anywhere in the article or in the original Discord announcement. I even did a ctrl+f on meta, and nothing came up.
Oh dang no this article didn’t, the one from the Verge mentioned it: https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
Sorry I read 2-3 articles about this and mixed up which ones mentioned what.
Ah, thanks a lot for the link! I appreciate it. They really should put that information into their official announcement as well.
If they did it right they would grandfather older accounts And start with new(er) accounts. But we know that is not the goal.
Yeah my account is 9 years old, doesn’t make sense unless I was 8 when I made the account.
Discord age-verification bot: “Your account is nine years old, and nine-year-olds are too young to use Discord. Terminating account.”
You joke but I saw so many complaints when Facebook and Twitter started blocking 13 and younger from people who had ten year old accounts, created when they were under 13, getting banned, despite currently not being underaged. Because the verification was built terribly.
There definitely needs to be a social pressure to drop discord, I propose that there needs to be some level of social stigma around using or liking discord. Like for example if someone says they prefer discord or like its look and features and promote people to verify or even buy Discord Nitro, call them a discord bro or similar negative quip (we can find the names and phrases in due time). If that sounds too harsh consider that if someone said they like to use chatGPT and prefer to use it, a lot of people would call them AI bros for that. It isn’t much different. Social stigma is a powerful motive. Especially for creators and for platforms where PR is of utmost importance.
Like if Discord usage is stigmatized we can go from discord API logins on community sites and projects to them never even acknowledging discord exists. That’s what will drive change, not inconvenience, not privacy violations by discord, or even good intentions on their part. Shame that loses people’s respect for them.
Personally I’m fine with the restrictions. I’m not in any age restricted servers and I don’t use the Stage feature. I already have pms restricted to mutual servers. If they want to “assume I’m 13” let them. If I can get on voice with my D&D group idgaf.
No I’m not trusting them with my info, or RL identity, but it sounds like they’re not booting people off the service for not providing it.
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Please do.
British people right now :
I can’t wait for people to get back to IRC!
Get back? I never left.
Good. Maybe we can stop using a transient digital bathroom wall as a primary system of information distribution.
This is for one reason one reason only. So dear leader can find out where you live if you say something unkind about him.
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I only even use it because I have networks that refuse to see the writing on the wall. Maybe this will finally give them the kick they need to try matrix? Probably not…
Cool.
The restrictions won’t change what little I use it for, but it might piss off some of my friends who are deep in the discord rabbit hole.