The whole internet is adult-by-default, so why are we doing any sort of age verification?
But please Discord, keep ruining the platform, cause an exodus.
this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2026
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Hoping discord pulls a windows and enshitifies so completely that people finally abandon it
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Cool.
The restrictions won't change what little I use it for, but it might piss off some of my friends who are deep in the discord rabbit hole.
If they did it right they would grandfather older accounts And start with new(er) accounts. But we know that is not the goal.
Yeah my account is 9 years old, doesn't make sense unless I was 8 when I made the account.
Discord age-verification bot: "Your account is nine years old, and nine-year-olds are too young to use Discord. Terminating account."
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Good. Maybe we can stop using a transient digital bathroom wall as a primary system of information distribution.
I wonder if they'll take into account that, had I signed up at (the youngest possible age of) 13, the age of my account would then make me 21. I suppose they can't really sell that inferred data...
You could have lied then too and not been 13 at the time
I'm actually seven right now. 👶
Impressive online skills for a second grader
The article says they may check metadata to verify users as well, so as far as I can tell, they will take that into account.
Did they edit the article or am I maybe just blind? I don't see metadata being mentioned anywhere in the article or in the original Discord announcement. I even did a ctrl+f on meta, and nothing came up.
Oh dang no this article didn't, the one from the Verge mentioned it: https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
Sorry I read 2-3 articles about this and mixed up which ones mentioned what.
Ah, thanks a lot for the link! I appreciate it. They really should put that information into their official announcement as well.
British people right now :
So what alternative to Discord are we switching to? I'm geniunely asking because my server is an 18+ Roleplay Server and members have been asking what we're moving to... And we don't really have an answer for them.
I've been encouraging everyone to add me on Telegram so we can keep in touch, but Telegram doesn't allow it in the ToS for you make 18+ Only Groups
XMPP, IRC, Matrix or Stoat.
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I would love to have an alternative to which some of the communities I am currently in can migrate. Not easy to find anything that is like Discord.
Matrix is a possibility but its sometimes a bit of a hard sell to people.
yeah, was going to say I think Matrix is the reasonable alternative
Matrix is not going to catch on. It is too intense for the average person. My friend didn't want to bother with all the security features and couldn't sign in without issue constantly.
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I dont know if Stoat (ex Revolt) is as good but it seems to be the most direct competitor
Yeah looks like it. Thanks. Maybe I take a closer look at that one.
I’ve been told to try Stoat a lot today, but the Discord news seems to have hugged their signup system to death.
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Discord was always an overhyped crap.
Discord always felt way overbuilt to me for a text/voice chat and screen sharing app. Same problem with Teams and others; they aren't forums, stop trying to make them replace forums.
Ewww. Discord? More like Discard
There definitely needs to be a social pressure to drop discord, I propose that there needs to be some level of social stigma around using or liking discord. Like for example if someone says they prefer discord or like its look and features and promote people to verify or even buy Discord Nitro, call them a discord bro or similar negative quip (we can find the names and phrases in due time). If that sounds too harsh consider that if someone said they like to use chatGPT and prefer to use it, a lot of people would call them AI bros for that. It isn't much different. Social stigma is a powerful motive. Especially for creators and for platforms where PR is of utmost importance.
Like if Discord usage is stigmatized we can go from discord API logins on community sites and projects to them never even acknowledging discord exists. That's what will drive change, not inconvenience, not privacy violations by discord, or even good intentions on their part. Shame that loses people's respect for them.
A 12 yo that I know scanned his face. It recognized it as an adult and now he can't talk with his friends, only adults...
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Aw mah gawd thats VENTRILO music!
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