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Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy (www.newsweek.com)
submitted 14 hours ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org -1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

They won't. They never leave, at least not enough to make a difference. I've long since given up hoping in people to do the right thing.

[–] Nima@leminal.space 6 points 9 hours ago (1 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.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Who could have seen this coming?

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 1 points 2 hours ago

Since the 90s every few years you have had to move. You get over it eventually. There will be stragglers that will always hold on to the old one, they will be the last to the new platform. It's happened before and it will happen again.