Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out

[verge@mastodon.social]

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out

[littletecky@our.privacymatters.pro]

@verge 🤮

[netskaven@metalhead.club]

@verge bye bye discord, what's the problem?

[woozle@toot.cat]

@netskaven The problem is all the people who will be like "well, that's annoying, but I guess we have to do it" and won't make any effort to move their communities.

(...and it's easier to say "well then, you don't need that community if they're going to be like that" than it is to actually do it, in many cases.)

@verge

[applefangirl@beige.party]

@verge So long Discord.

[feorag@wandering.shop]

@woozle @netskaven @verge because people who tell others to move their communities offer no suggestions as to suitable alternatives?

[woozle@toot.cat]

@feorag Yes, and the dearth of easy choices for alternatives is also a problem.

There's Revolt, which is pretty darn close (but do you want to tie your community to yet another 3rd party server or else figure out how to self-host, which does not appear easy), and there's Matrix (which is not exactly a drop-in replacement but can give a similar experience if appropriately configured, and that's not easy either)...

@netskaven @verge