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.

  • SalamenceFury@piefed.socialEnglish
    522·
    1 month ago

    Discord genuinely thinks they got the users by the balls… Thing is, people move platforms extremely easily. It happened to MSN Messenger, it happened to Skype, and it’ll happen to Discord too.

    For those who are looking for something very similar, look at Stoat (formerly known as Revolt). Their URL is https://stoat.chat/.

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldEnglish
      48·
      1 month 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.

      • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zipEnglish
        10·
        1 month 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
          11·
          1 month 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.

      • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        1 month 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.”

    • Sheridan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      1 month ago

      Mass migration like that occurs (from my memory at least) when the newer alternative has much better functionality, performance, and ease of use compared to the status quo service and has a low barrier to entry (sign up is quick and straightforward). Do any of the decentralized Discord alternatives fit these criteria (honest question, not rhetorical)?

      • SalamenceFury@piefed.socialEnglish
        4·
        1 month ago

        Well, Stoat has the same features as Discord, including many premium ones for free, the ability to write HTML/CSS for your own server, with the only thing missing being video feed. Otherwise, it functions the same while being much faster.

        Also sign up is very quick, but right now they’re getting hugged to death, so sign up emails might take a while to arrive.

    • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      On one hand yeah sure, people ditched Skype and MSN as soon as something better came along but that was a long time ago. Discord has sadly been the go-to for people for over a decade. Many users literally grew up with it. They are conditioned. A lot has to happen for them to leave their comfort zone. It‘s like asking someone to stop drinking coke or get McDonald‘s after they‘ve had it for their entire life.

      I‘ll say this probably won‘t be the straw that breaks the camel‘s back but there is a silver lining. Discord will lose revenue over this and might change course quickly. This already rolled out in Canada and from what I‘ve heard many users cancelled Nitro at least. That‘s a start. Discord may also try to milk remaining users even harder as a result very soon and that will definitely put them into a down spiral.