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つばさ

@tu-gin-yanma.bsky.social

火薬

February 11, 2026 at 2:01 AM

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ゆりか🍞

@yurikaokome.bsky.social

現パロ留文※同棲
リーマン🧮×シャツガーター
続きがあればポイピクにいきます

February 11, 2026 at 4:05 AM

av

@avinput.bsky.social

kind of doxxing myself here but whatever
i wish i had monji merch so i could oshikatsu with him. visiting his home. in the bushes and river

February 11, 2026 at 7:35 AM

av

@avinput.bsky.social

lowkey i would genuinely love to stop using discord and migrate to a platform that actually respects it's users and gives them control of everything.
the problem is that theres so many alternatives that are probably just as bad that do bullshit surveillance in the background too

February 10, 2026 at 7:26 AM

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‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾

@winter.etheirys.social

despite what this post may say: this is not a walkback. this is a reiteration. we already knew this information. do not fall for unwise propaganda. keep the pressure on, financially or verbally. barrage them.

Brian M @legendofnerd.bsky.social · 2d

Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)

Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults.

Hey folks –

I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news.

I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults.

And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.)

Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence.

Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details.

And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!

February 10, 2026 at 2:57 AM

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非力

@hiriki.bsky.social

⚠️女装　竹孫

February 9, 2026 at 6:07 AM

av

@avinput.bsky.social

dear god i'm so fucking angry. this is never about protecting children. it's all about survelliance and control

February 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM

av

@avinput.bsky.social

WHAT THE FUCKKKK.
this is so fucking bleak. the internet should be a free and open tool.
go fuck yourself discord

February 9, 2026 at 9:51 PM

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Wario64

@wario64.bsky.social

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month - all accounts set to "teen-appropriate experience" by default www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...

discord.com/press-releas...

February 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM

av

@avinput.bsky.social

tried to watch ningeki and the audio was out of sync what did it doooo 😭

a man is laying on the floor in a living room with his feet up .

ALT: a man is laying on the floor in a living room with his feet up .

media.tenor.com

February 9, 2026 at 10:35 AM

av

@avinput.bsky.social

god myu komatsuda is so cool and seme. anime writers take notes

February 8, 2026 at 10:46 AM

av

@avinput.bsky.social

ram prices make me want to kill myself holy shit

February 8, 2026 at 3:26 AM

av

@avinput.bsky.social

"i'll take a japanese course in the city. that'll be a great idea"
no. its not. where the fuck am i

February 7, 2026 at 4:34 AM

av

@avinput.bsky.social

oh my god my media hard drive keeps giving me errors and scaring the shit out of me. please please please when i wake up tomorrow everything still be there.

February 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM