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 It's a good thing, tbh, finally we have a definite concrete answer to "why are you hating so much" that people can't dismiss as "paranoid commie nerd nonsense" despite, y'know.... the ever growing mountains of evidence that the paranoid commie nerds seem to have a pretty good grasp on all them tech trends and a shockingly high hit rate

@gamingonlinux not my precious furry servers :(((

@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