The whole internet is adult-by-default, so why are we doing any sort of age verification?
But please Discord, keep ruining the platform, cause an exodus.
this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2026
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Hoping discord pulls a windows and enshitifies so completely that people finally abandon it
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The problem is that there isn't really anywhere to Exodus to. I already know people here on Lemmy are going to say Matrix but that's just not an option. It's trash, the protocol was designed by idiot neck beards that have never heard the term UX. Pretty much everything was done in a way that while technically speaking is efficient makes it unbelievably tedious to actually use and in some cases just outright annoying ensuring that users will never want to use it. Most recent example is forcing device verification, it is technically correct, it is better from a security standpoint it is better from a verifiability standpoint. But for the average user who could not give less of a shit about that it is nothing more than something that pisses them off and annoys them every single time they open the application because despite the fact that they should be remembering at least in my testing it almost never does and I have to put in my stupid key every single God damn time especially if I'm using it in the browser.
Teamspeakers trying to rebuild itself to be more Discord like but it's still in early beta and not at all ready for it so that's not an option, and everything else is pretty much either just as shit or just as likely to implement this tomorrow as Discord
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Because parents do not want to deal with monitoring or taking care of their children. You can limit apps etc on PCs and phones easily with parental controls and no they are not perfect but parents are lazy or too incompetent to figure it out.
Sounds like a lack of education. The focus should be there, not age verification.
You are not wrong, but then a large portion of the US glorifies being stupid and sees any sort of education effort as some sort of freedom destroying conspiracy.
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Cool.
The restrictions won't change what little I use it for, but it might piss off some of my friends who are deep in the discord rabbit hole.
If they did it right they would grandfather older accounts And start with new(er) accounts. But we know that is not the goal.
Yeah my account is 9 years old, doesn't make sense unless I was 8 when I made the account.
Discord age-verification bot: "Your account is nine years old, and nine-year-olds are too young to use Discord. Terminating account."
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Good. Maybe we can stop using a transient digital bathroom wall as a primary system of information distribution.
So what alternative to Discord are we switching to? I'm geniunely asking because my server is an 18+ Roleplay Server and members have been asking what we're moving to... And we don't really have an answer for them.
I've been encouraging everyone to add me on Telegram so we can keep in touch, but Telegram doesn't allow it in the ToS for you make 18+ Only Groups
XMPP, IRC, Matrix or Stoat.
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I would love to have an alternative to which some of the communities I am currently in can migrate. Not easy to find anything that is like Discord.
Matrix is a possibility but its sometimes a bit of a hard sell to people.
yeah, was going to say I think Matrix is the reasonable alternative
Matrix is not going to catch on. It is too intense for the average person. My friend didn't want to bother with all the security features and couldn't sign in without issue constantly.
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I dont know if Stoat (ex Revolt) is as good but it seems to be the most direct competitor
Yeah looks like it. Thanks. Maybe I take a closer look at that one.
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Discord was always an overhyped crap.
British people right now :
I wonder if they'll take into account that, had I signed up at (the youngest possible age of) 13, the age of my account would then make me 21. I suppose they can't really sell that inferred data...
You could have lied then too and not been 13 at the time
I'm actually seven right now. 👶
Impressive online skills for a second grader
The article says they may check metadata to verify users as well, so as far as I can tell, they will take that into account.
Did they edit the article or am I maybe just blind? I don't see metadata being mentioned anywhere in the article or in the original Discord announcement. I even did a ctrl+f on meta, and nothing came up.
Oh dang no this article didn't, the one from the Verge mentioned it: https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
Sorry I read 2-3 articles about this and mixed up which ones mentioned what.
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Discord always felt way overbuilt to me for a text/voice chat and screen sharing app. Same problem with Teams and others; they aren't forums, stop trying to make them replace forums.
Ewww. Discord? More like Discard
There definitely needs to be a social pressure to drop discord, I propose that there needs to be some level of social stigma around using or liking discord. Like for example if someone says they prefer discord or like its look and features and promote people to verify or even buy Discord Nitro, call them a discord bro or similar negative quip (we can find the names and phrases in due time). If that sounds too harsh consider that if someone said they like to use chatGPT and prefer to use it, a lot of people would call them AI bros for that. It isn't much different. Social stigma is a powerful motive. Especially for creators and for platforms where PR is of utmost importance.
Like if Discord usage is stigmatized we can go from discord API logins on community sites and projects to them never even acknowledging discord exists. That's what will drive change, not inconvenience, not privacy violations by discord, or even good intentions on their part. Shame that loses people's respect for them.
Aw mah gawd thats VENTRILO music!
A 12 yo that I know scanned his face. It recognized it as an adult and now he can't talk with his friends, only adults...
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I only even use it because I have networks that refuse to see the writing on the wall. Maybe this will finally give them the kick they need to try matrix? Probably not...
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