the id requirement stuff in apps like discord isnt happening just cause discord feels like being scummy or something, its a matter of time before thats required by law.

[fiore@brain.worm.pink]

@h@besties.house @ellie@yearning.gay hazel what is your xmpp u should add me

[h@social.besties.house]

@fiore @ellie im @ h @ besties.house on all of the federated platforms that use a username format like that (see bio for everywhere else)

[fiore@brain.worm.pink]

@h@besties.house @ellie@yearning.gay oh . that makes sense teehee

[h@social.besties.house]

@stella if i had to guess id say i think its simply strategic, that if legislation requiring this happens it will be much less of a headache if they have already done this age verif work Or some thinking along those lines. which i again dont say to excuse it cause its really shitty that these businesses have no morals to stand on, but its not like thats news to me either it all sucks

[yassie_j@labyrinth.zone]

@fiore@brain.worm.pink @h@besties.house @ellie@yearning.gay also take into context that in about a month from now Discord is going to go on the stock market

So this is all in favour of currying regulatory compliance to put into their reports to show that they're doing A Thing of Some Kind and therefore stock price go up

[h@social.besties.house]

@yassie_j @fiore @ellie true true!

[fiore@brain.worm.pink]

@yassie_j@labyrinth.zone @h@besties.house @ellie@yearning.gay yea imean thats obviously the reason isnt it

imean ig it could be that theyre getting fed pressure to give out identities but honestly i kinda doubt it

[ellie@yearning.gay]

@h@besties.house brah im on signal & discord and Already feel overwhelmed i could never

[h@social.besties.house]

@yassie_j @fiore @ellie i remain most upset with the push for the legislation and the cultural stuff surrounding that than i am with any businesses in particular but thats just cause i expect them to be shit meanwhile theres SO many people (nice people sometimes!!! people who should seriously know better!!) who buy into the idea that age verification measures and stricter minimum age limits for social plats are good ideas

[fiore@brain.worm.pink]

@h@besties.house @yassie_j@labyrinth.zone @ellie@yearning.gay yea i know ppl like that

[h@social.besties.house]

@yassie_j @fiore @ellie i was talking to my therapist a couple months ago and she was talking about how the Kids shouldnt be allowed on Apps like it was an uncontroversial position and i had to tell her if i didnt have the ability to inform myself on queer subjects and find communities to be myself in i wouldnt have made it and it was like she genuinely had not considered that angle at all and she had to reevaluate her position lmao. She’s really nice, i can’t even be that upset with her it’s like Everyone in her demographic thinks this way

[yassie_j@labyrinth.zone]

@h@besties.house @fiore@brain.worm.pink @ellie@yearning.gay yeah, it's one factor of many

It can be corporate opportunism, political opportunism, and whatever cooked up things

Always keep in mind with Discord is that it has one billion dollars plus in investment total, and it is losing money big time (if a company is shedding jobs without market forces at play, then it's a bad sign)

They are going to do anything to make Discord palatable for sale, and do anything to make Discord make money back

[fiore@brain.worm.pink]

@yassie_j@labyrinth.zone @h@besties.house @ellie@yearning.gay chatgpt panel in discord when

[coolbean@brain.worm.pink]

@fiore @yassie_j @ellie @h they already added clyde

[fiore@brain.worm.pink]

@coolbean @ellie@yearning.gay @h@besties.house @yassie_j@labyrinth.zone ohno

[yassie_j@labyrinth.zone]

@fiore@brain.worm.pink @coolbean@brain.worm.pink @h@besties.house @ellie@yearning.gay oh yeah I keep forgetting about Clyde lmao

[coolbean@brain.worm.pink]

@fiore @ellie @h @yassie_j i remember one time a friend indoctrinated clyde into a plural system containing lain iwakura and a sparkledog furry named sky

[coolbean@brain.worm.pink]

@ellie @fiore @h @yassie_j truly the best thing that ever happened on discord i remember those threads fondly

[coolbean@brain.worm.pink]

@ellie @fiore @h @yassie_j sadly it didnt hold and clyde slowly became clyde again

[coolbean@brain.worm.pink]

@oli @yassie_j @ellie @h @fiore NOOOOOOOO