Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally
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Discord is announcing enhanced teen safety features rolling out globally that reinforce its long-standing commitment to creating a safer and more inclusive experience for users over the age of 13.
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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.

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    18 hours ago

    One problem will be that there are way too goddamn many software projects that use Discord as a shitty replacement for a blog and documentation, and they’re gonna be a pain to move to proper content platforms.

    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      48·
      17 hours ago

      Sometimes the only way thru is shitty. And those devs might have to learn the hard way not to overcentralize- or to not use a damn chat software for what is way more suited to forums.

      • Leon@pawb.socialEnglish
        18·
        18 hours ago

        I’ve been complaining about this for years. Hope we’re finally starting to see the end of it.

    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zipEnglish
      15·
      18 hours ago

      “Look, Discord requires me to upload a pic of my face or ID, to which i can’t legally agree to. Please provide another channel or i can’t contribute.”

      • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
        171·
        18 hours ago

        That’ll work for individual users, but getting all that chat history out will be a problem for the owners once the users dry up.

        And I’m sure Discord will do their best to make it impossible.

        Serves them right for picking chat software in the first place, let alone one they don’t control.

    • chunes@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      15 hours ago

      I’m in like a hundred of those. Honestly, they’re not that useful. Burn it all down and start over.