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Discord roll out global age verification system, including an "age inference" model that runs in the background (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 57 points 9 months ago (15 children)

Fuck Discord is the common message now, but how about we amplify good alternatives? It'll be easier to tell Discord to fuck off if we're already set to move elsewhere.

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  • [–] 20 points 9 months ago* (8 children)

    Alternatives

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Keep in mind everyone that Stoat still doesn't currently protect it's users information and is centralized. It doesn't use encryption but it is very seamless.

    You can host your own Stoat instance but it doesn't communicate with the main one.

    The devs have said they plan to add more security features in the future yet still don't make it a priority. The host of Stoat should be able to see everyone's messages, including in DM's, due to the lack of E2E encryption.

    Once they add more security features I imagine they will be much more popular in general.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I looked in stoat's issue tracker and there is an issue asking for video chat which is 5 years old and still open. Safe to say it's a dead project.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago

    If I understand correctly, they recently rebuilt all of the voice/video stuff. Video should be coming soon, it's more of a resourcing issue for their servers.

    I looked at self hosting, but it's a bit of a mess currently.

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  • [–] 28 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Forum's, websites, all the shit we used to do.

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  • [–] 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    The main thing I will miss from discord is the ease of streaming with a small group of friends. That was main reason we chose it over alternatives back in the day.

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  • [–] -1 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    In my day we just hung out with our friends....

    /S

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago

    Discord has made communicating with a small group of friends who moved to different cities stay in touch daily while playing games, chatting in voice, and streaming stuff to share. Voice and text are great, but the streaming is how we share the in game moments we used to be able to see in person.

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