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

[alextecplayz@techhub.social]

@verge Please leave Discord, you should have left it years ago. I stopped using Discord 2+ years ago, never returned.

Also, don't keep documentation on Matrix, Discord, etc. Put it on a wiki or docs website, FFS.

[alessandro@mstdn.ca]

@UrsaAshBear

Yeah, usually self-owns of this magnitude only happen after being bought out by Yahoo.

@verge

[adventure_tense@mapstodon.space]

@verge Just another step towards chipping people living in US, and tracking and monitoring them with Starlink using xAI. Keep capitulating, and this WILL be our future. No doubt.

[rndanger@infosec.exchange]

@verge
“We’re not doing biometric scanning [or] facial recognition. We’re doing facial estimation."

Ok, that actually made me laugh

[billysmith@social.coop]

@verge

Time ti be somewhere else then

[wademcgillis@mastodon.social]

@verge how do you do, fellow kids .gif

[billysmith@social.coop]

@sayonaraminasan @verge

15 years ago Discord had a very good thin client set-up that was great for streaming, and great for video-calls, but unfortunately the enshittification has kicked in.

So fat-client and so slow, their website is.

[stux@mstdn.social]

@verge HAHA!

Okay, okay, I will delete it then

I'm getting too old for Discord crap anyways

[freediverx@mastodon.social]

@Ertain @verge
I think you're conflating the enshittification with the fascism, but in fairness they're closely related.

[plantfeest@mastodon.social]

@ppb1701 @verge

Sounds like I'm really not eager to try discord anymore @sofonofos 🤍

[plantfeest@mastodon.social]

@ppb1701 @verge is there a #FOSS and or ethical alternative anyone can recommend? and why?

[loke@functional.cafe]

@verge 'let's use discord for documentation'. What could possibly go wrong?

[wiredfire@mstdn.social]

@stux @verge huh.. on the up side I hope that kicks folk into trying to find some better places to replace it!

[stux@mstdn.social]

@wiredfire @verge Same indeed I have a feeling a lot of ppl refuse this

[greytheearthling@fe.disroot.org]

@verge Agh! Couldn't they have waited until Matrix and/or Delta Chat was ready as a Good replacement?

[pandacab@ni.hil.ist]

@feorag

Even if they're now spoiled rotten by llms, search engines still work well enough to look for them. If your community is to move, it has to be a collective decision and they should do some work too.

@woozle @netskaven @verge

[shadedlady@mstdn.social]

@verge goodbye discord then. I use it a lot but that's a step too far

[kwayk42@sechtor.social]

@verge fuck discord

[meilin@tech.lgbt]

@verge
Welp...

Time to drop Nitro, write a sternly worded email and look for a replacement for Discord.

Maybe set up a private Team Speak server or something. Or maybe go back to good old XMPP...

[cathybikesbook@mstdn.plus]

@verge I'm sure there are alternatives out there.