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Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy (www.newsweek.com)
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Starting in early March, the platform will place every account into a default "teen-appropriate" experience unless it has proof that users are adults.

The move has brought widespread criticism from Discord users, who are citing privacy and security concerns following a recent breach of a third-party vendor that ended up exposing around 70,000 government ID images used to verify the age of Discord users.

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[–] 101 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Enshittification is not single step. It's more a "boiling a frog"-kinda process.

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  • [–] 58 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Discord itself was a big step of enshittification from the very start when communities moved from individual platforms to Discord servers.

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago

    Sometimes I like to remember when Nitro was like 5 bucks and gave a bunch of stuff, and now it is 10 bucks gives less AND they still try to sell me fucking cosmetics...

    I dropped my Nitro when they announced a possible buyout/IPO

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