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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours ago

'What a great way to kill your community': Discord users are furious about its new age verification checks — and are now hunting for alternatives

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'What a great way to kill your community': Discord users are furious about its new age verification checks — and are now hunting for alternatives

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours ago
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'I cannot trust tech companies with that kind of personal data': Discord users are furious about its new age verification checks – and they have a point
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Discord has announced that it's rolling out age verification checks globally from March – and the decision has sparked fury from many privacy-conscious users.
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    Thats not my point though.

    At the time reddit closed their API to third parties loads of idiots were saying it was the end of reddit.

    In reality reddit just sanitised their user base.

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      In reality, reddit gave a userbase to a platform that previously had none.

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        … and yet, that’s not what im talking about.

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      If you call that sanitised…

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