Discord is about to require age verification for everyone https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/discord-is-about-to-require-age-verification-for-everyone/

@gamingonlinux Well we had a good run.

@gamingonlinux This reminds me that I used to use self-hosted Mumble for game voice chat.

https://www.mumble.info/

There are other alternatives if you want the persistent text chat features. https://alternativeto.net/software/discord-app/?license=opensource&platform=self-hosted

#OpenSource #SelfHosting

@gamingonlinux personally I will never comply with this stuff. I will always find a way to spoof the face scan (AI or otherwise) or find a different platform. Also keep in mind that producing/using any kind of fake government document is probably illegal. Take care.

@gamingonlinux what are the downsides of being a teenager or younger in discords eyes? They can't collect as much detailed information for profiling? Anything else?

@gamingonlinux It is my hope that if most do not submit age verification that this will cost Discord money. Lots, and lots of money.

@gamingonlinux pffffffffffff

@gamingonlinux welp, it's time for everyone to bitch about this situation and proudly proclaim how they're leaving for a different platform but this time for real, only to then do nothing and keep paying their nitro subscriptions

@gamingonlinux hackers got 70000 goverment IDs from discord and with this they could get even more wtf

@gamingonlinux pfff. Bye bye discord

@gamingonlinux time to go delete that account i don't use...

@gamingonlinux On an unrelated matter, Cyberpunk 2077 and similar games have near photo-realistic character portraits.

@espyeen @gamingonlinux If you want to continue using discord then feel free to do so. I said that X is owned by a fascist and I quit X, I said that Facebook is an AI slop website and I quit Facebook etc. etc. When discord rolls out this garbage, well... I'm leaving discord too

@gamingonlinux Sam Porter Bridges will soon have a lot of Discord accounts