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0 pointsdark-star2mo ago0 comments

I think you massively overestimate how many people actually care.

My guess is that 95% or more of all Discord users do not care and simply upload their selfie or ID card and be done with it. I know I will (although they did say that they expect 80%+ to not require verification since they can somehow infer their age from other parameters)

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airstrike2mo ago

Remember digg?

I've already cancelled my Nitro account. I'm quite active on a ~5k member programming server and we're giving Zulip another try. I think it's unlikely we'll stay on Discord.

Obviously anecdotal, but eventually this adds up.

lossyalgo2mo ago

Also cancelled my Nitro after 5 years.

This whole thing being "for the safety of kids" is obviously a farce just to get more user data because Nitro users supposedly will have to do the ID check as well, but if you're paying with a CC/Paypal, you are obviously of sufficient age to not require an ID check.

esseph2mo ago

> I know I will

Are you a minority, LGBTQ+, etc or of a "different" political persuasion that might have any reason to be distrustful of the US government? If so, you probably wouldn't just "be done with it".

dark-starOP2mo ago

No, I'm not, and I also don't live under an opressive government that tracks those people down. I simply don't care if the us government or some random US company knows about what I play, eat, talk about or who I sleep with. And my guess is that outside the US LGBTQ+ and "different political view" bubble, most people also don't care. And that bubble makes up maybe 5% of Discord's user base

int_19h2mo ago

The real question is, how much of the "terminally online" population who is more likely to use paid Discord features?

bee_rider2mo ago

Those 5% are the unusual sorts that separate Discord from Facebook.

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