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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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[–] 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I run several communities on discord with hundreds of people in them. I can't just leave.

I want to leave. but I can't force people to move to a new app just for one community.

its a complicated issue for those that use it for communities. we are working on trying to move off.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Who could have seen this coming?

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Thats the problem. You can go through all the pain to move to an alternative, but eventually it enshitifys too. You could go open source, but those solutions rarely have the polish to get the large quantity of users needed for niche communities. And most users won't understand why they are better anyway. So it's just a horrible cycle.

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