Users under 18 are a small fraction of Discord’s userbase, and an even smaller fraction of their paying userbase.
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Users under 18 are a small fraction of Discord’s userbase, and an even smaller fraction of their paying userbase. What they actually want is to be able to say that their users are (mostly) human so that their data is more valuable to AI companies, which helps valuations in their upcoming IPO.
Guess it was inevitable that they’d try to cash in, but we all really should have stuck with open protocols.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
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Users under 18 are a small fraction of Discord’s userbase, and an even smaller fraction of their paying userbase. What they actually want is to be able to say that their users are (mostly) human so that their data is more valuable to AI companies, which helps valuations in their upcoming IPO.
Guess it was inevitable that they’d try to cash in, but we all really should have stuck with open protocols.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
@supernothing While it's not a perfect solution, I'm going to move my community over to Element.
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Users under 18 are a small fraction of Discord’s userbase, and an even smaller fraction of their paying userbase. What they actually want is to be able to say that their users are (mostly) human so that their data is more valuable to AI companies, which helps valuations in their upcoming IPO.
Guess it was inevitable that they’d try to cash in, but we all really should have stuck with open protocols.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
@supernothing tbf as a former mod of a server that had a lot of minors, discord has had a serious child safety problem. This probably isn't the way to solve it but it does need solving.
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Users under 18 are a small fraction of Discord’s userbase, and an even smaller fraction of their paying userbase. What they actually want is to be able to say that their users are (mostly) human so that their data is more valuable to AI companies, which helps valuations in their upcoming IPO.
Guess it was inevitable that they’d try to cash in, but we all really should have stuck with open protocols.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
@supernothing Well said Ben /)
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@supernothing While it's not a perfect solution, I'm going to move my community over to Element.
@TheLastOfHisName thanks, let me know how it goes! Matrix/Element is on my list to test, along with Mumble and Revolt/Stoat.
Unfortunately no full open source replacements atm, but decent voice + chat would be enough for us I think.
