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Discord walks back age verification fears for most users (www.techbuzz.ai)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Too late assholes... I'm already deleting most of the posts I made on my discord and I will be migrating elsewhere soon.

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[–] 74 points 9 months ago (8 children)

They didn't walk back shit, they upped the stakes by saying they use your chats to analyse your age. That's just as bad.

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

    They were already doing that.

    Every advertising company already monitors you whenever possible to determine things like your age to target ads as effectively as possible. If a isn't relying on a third party for advertising like Google AdSense, and they're handling it internally, they definitely know that info.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    I assumed they were already doing that, after all the IPO is coming do they will be doing all they can to make money and avoid risk. Admitting it however shows they are desperate.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago

    To think they weren't already doing that is naive. They hold a lot of liability hosting the amount of data they do, and that's without the obvious gain they'd have selling data.

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

    If I used discord, they would assume I'm 7 years old.

    goes back to sitting on the living room floor, and watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles while eating cereal with gummy bears added in

    Jokes on you, discord! I'm 42!

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    I think the article title is technically correct. They walked back the fears that users had. You're right that they haven't changed their policy, and they've exposed themselves as being extra creepy to someone like us, but we aren't the majority of Discord users.

    I imagine the average Discord user, if they were even aware of this change at all, is breathing a sigh of relief right now, until these changes (or changes like them) actually affect those people

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