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Discord to Require ID or Face Scan Next Month for Full Access (discord.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Beginning with a phased global rollout to new and existing users in early March, users may be required to engage in an age-verification process to change certain settings or access sensitive content. This includes age-restricted channels, servers, or commands and select message requests.

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[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 2 points 27 minutes ago

I am almost 70. I will just use a pic of good ol Harold. Will be funny to see if it accepts him.

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 1 points 32 minutes ago

One of my friends hit me with the "they already know everything about me" line on this one and literally said they'd give Discord "anything", so I don't think I'm gonna convince my group to move y'all. At least my best friend is educated enough at this point to be interested in moving so I'll still be investigating options.

[–] thlibos@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 hour ago

Goodbye, Discord. It's been real.

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 1 points 55 minutes ago

https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/212500837-How-to-Delete-your-Discord-Account

[–] you_are_dust@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I heard it suggested that you can possibly trick the face scan using screen grabs of video game or tv characters. Anyone know if this is actually possible?

[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

"It appears you are Fred Flintstone."

[–] you_are_dust@lemmy.world 1 points 9 minutes ago

Well I'd definitely be allowed on the adult stuff because I'm at least thousands of years old at this point.

[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 17 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Unless they trade me a face scan of each Discord employee and member, I'm out. Enough is enough, nothing is free.

[–] Embargo@lemmy.zip 24 points 12 hours ago

Seeya ✌️

[–] disconnectikacio@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Discord was always an overhyped crap.

[–] whelk@retrolemmy.com 1 points 49 minutes ago

I think a big thing that made it catch on was the ease of joining. Just send someone a link and boom, they're in the intended server. No immediate registration process, no buttons or commands to use, just a single click and entering a username. For all that I dislike Discord about, they did that part really well

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 316 points 1 day ago (34 children)

I hope that discourages open source projects and similar communities from using discord as forum / user support.

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