I don't really understand after reading the article what changed? All they did was quote discords blog post from February and this random twitter account ... that also had no sources.

Not to mention the article is AI slop.

Is this like some sort of reminder or something? huh?

Oh right discord, I forgot they still exist XD

Wish I could delete it again

Google Wallet users can share a passport ID pass; Google sends Discord a birthdate, and Discord derives age from it without retaining that date.

... if google wallet is determining it anyway, why can't google wallet just reply yes or no to the "is over 17" query... it seems like discord wouldn't need to know exact age at all in that flow.

Already have sharkord hosted via a VPS via linode, so no worries about uptime. Fuck discord, open source for the win.

Literally like they said they would.

Discord is perhaps the most unnecessary and readily replaceable service and they don’t seem to realize how short their time is

Time to delete account 👋

The selfie method stands out: on-device processing with no video retained is a meaningful privacy distinction.

Yea I don't buy it

I hope it helps boost up Matrix as people look to jump ship, I'm pretty happy with Fluffychat.

For people that want advice for finding an alternative service, go to the github repo and figure out the state of development. Find the answers to these questions: how many active developers are there? when was the last commit? does this look like LLM code? What do the issues and PRs look like? Remember that we don't want to have to do this again in 10 years, so open source and decentralized are major points.

yes but ai slop article

Good thing Matrix and XMPP exist as alternatives.

If I start getting straight-up locked out of Discord unless I show my face or ID, I'mma just stop using it full stop.

I mean, shit, Discord's already getting ridiculous with their Nitro ads. No, Discord, I don't want Nitro, stop asking me. No needs to start meaning no again.

I'm not verifying my old age with any online service. They can go fuck themselves.