skyetheaxolotl

and they're not trying to add identity verification. they're specifically trying to develop something that separates age verification from identity verification. for example they stopped working with persona

EDIT: im not saying you shouldnt go to other platforms! for example im using both lemmy and reddit lol. just that leaving discord is probably too far and not worth it for most people. but i do think trying other platforms can be very good!

firstly, the complants did work and discord is pushing back the age verification, adding spoiler channels to reduce the number of nsfw channel usage you have to verify for, making sure to only partner with verification systems that do it entirely on-device, writing more about their partners for clarity, and adding credit card verification. (also just to be clear if ur not using nsfw stuff u dont need to even verify at all)

secondly, discord is too big to fail, this is not the older times of the internet where platforms can just die like that. there are millions of established people and communities that are not moving anywhere any time soon. there aren't any perfect alternatives and moving people over sucks regardless of alternatives, combined with moving information over, which, sadly, is stored on discord a LOT. so discord isn't going anywhere. canceling nitro is very fair, but going away from discord is mostly just an inconvenience for yourself, especially when we see that backlash works.

im not saying discord is good, im just saying i don't think it does anything to quit it when the people that are quitting are a (vocal?) minority and it's not as effective as complaining directly or just canceling nitro