Ha. Discord is about to lose me with this spying shit.
Discord is about to require age verification for everyone
Submitted 2 days ago by ZippyBot@lemmy.zip [bot] to gaming@lemmy.zip
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/discord-is-about-to-require-age-verification-for-everyone/
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Jumbie@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
popcar2@piefed.ca 2 days ago
This sucks ass and even worse that there isn’t a competitor that’s anywhere near Discord’s level yet. And no, Matrix isn’t a discord competitor.
FWIW the title is wrong, they won’t require age verification for everyone, you just won’t be able to access 18+ servers and see porn unless you’re verified. And according to Discord the verification videos stay on-device and never gets sent to servers. If this is true then at least it’s better than the privacy nightmare of other platforms…
This was already launched last year for the UK and Australia, and now it’s going global.
Screw you for pushing this, UK and Australia.
cravl@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Yeah, there are certainly options that offer nearly the same level of functionality (or at least, discounting the features most people don’t use), but none that are anywhere close as easy to set up.
michael@piefed.chrisco.me 2 days ago
So other than matrix, is there any other open source system that people recommend?
Ive had a heck of a time with matrix for years. Im glad it exists, but its just not what I like to use. The signup process + logging in system is much too complex for a normal user.
Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 2 days ago
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 days ago
What about the sign-up process is too complex?
TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Right? For normal user just say “download element and sign up.”
If you wanna do more than that, sure you could find a home server that isn’t matrix’s server, you could get a client that isn’t element. But like, normal users don’t gotta do all that.
Ghostie@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
age inference model, a new system that runs in the background to help determine whether an account belongs to an adult, without always requiring users to verify their age<
Quick make sure you all have chat histories talking about the weather with responses like “we needed the rain”, discussions about contemporary jazz, and sharing images and memes of common homeowner woes. Be as Gen X as possible such as talking about how you were outside until sun down as a kid but then telling recent stories about how you called the cops on kids skateboarding in the street outside your home. Anything to throw off the inference model.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Calling cops on kids is boomer shit, don’t put that on us
Ghostie@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Haha. Sorry bud
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
"social media is toxic ban it for young people you aren’t seriously suggesting social media isn’t like cigarettes for kids - they said as the lock turned
TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
So does .zip have a matrix server to sign up with? Cuz…. Looks like matrix is gonna happen
DGen@piefed.zip 2 days ago
Ah. No worries kids trying to get around it sending their faces to a non disclosed age verification service..
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Time to extend my tailnet
gustofwind@lemmy.world 2 days ago
it’s a giant right wing terrorist honeypot so I’m ok with that
brillotti@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s on you for joining sus groups.
MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
R.I.P. Discord 2026
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Rest in piss Discord. Fucking walled garden bullshit.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Yes