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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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[–] 4 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Wait, what are people using it for? I use discord for shooting the shit with people about video games and politics.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    That's fine. Unfortunately people are using it to coordinate open source software development. I don't know how people do it. You have to use the search box and scroll through hundreds of chat messages to find some code you need. It doesn't show up on google. It's just horrible.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago

    I've seen so many IT projects, associations, communities of minorities using discord in lieu of wikis, forums, documentation, etc. I personally know a marginalized community with a dire need of visibility, information and stuff that has everything locked behind their discord server and everything is about to be lost. It's both extremely sad and a huge "told you so years ago"

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago

    Pretty much anything 3d printing-related has a discord. Want to build a specific type of printer? Latest info is always on the discord, and if you don't check it you'll find yourself with pieces that don't fit together.

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