Comment on Discord Servers asking for Phone Numbers and 'Verification Levels'
Nima@lemmy.world 5 months agoon quite a number of servers that are 18+, higher verification usually sounds a little bit more safe. But then on most of the servers I run or moderate, we tend to have our own in-house verification methods instead of the built levels for discord.
the idea of the verification levels is attractive, however. anything to keep the kids out. though I’m not sure I’d go as far as requiring a phone number, I might consider it for future.
it depends on how the server is going to be used. why a gaming server should be highest level, I don’t know. I would think “high” is enough.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Only difference between high and highest is the asking of the phone number, all other security checks are the same. So if the other existing forms of validation are not already enough, then the bad guys have already won.
Nima@lemmy.world 5 months ago
what “bad guys”? Whatever the server owner feels is appropriate for levels of validation is up to them. ya know?
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Those who would spam/troll/etc., the ones you’re trying to exclude from the server.
I wasn’t talking at all about the server admins.