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Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy (www.newsweek.com)
submitted 21 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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[–] absquatulate@lemmy.world 93 points 20 hours ago (19 children)

Discord probably did the math and are willing to take a hit to the user counts (much like reddit did when they closed the apis), as the vast majority will stay and keep "threatening" to leave. There's at least the hope that the ones who quit now will establish communities elsewhere, on a (hopefully) better server platform.

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 70 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Enshittification is not single step. It's more a "boiling a frog"-kinda process.

[–] dukemirage@lemmy.world 44 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Discord itself was a big step of enshittification from the very start when communities moved from individual platforms to Discord servers.

[–] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago

Sometimes I like to remember when Nitro was like 5 bucks and gave a bunch of stuff, and now it is 10 bucks gives less AND they still try to sell me fucking cosmetics...

I dropped my Nitro when they announced a possible buyout/IPO

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