I started to ask here: WTH is going on with Discord?

[rcjordan]

I don't use it. Never really liked it. But I don't always filter it out of my feeds. But yesterday I felt a great disturbance in the Force... as if millions of voices suddenly cried out.

Oh, they're going to do age verification.

[ergophobe]

I  didn't care for it either. Apparently 259 million monthly active users feel otherwise though.

[rcjordan]

>age verification

The date on my main email domain whois that I use for online accounts is over 21 yrs old.  I should get a free pass to anywhere using age verification.

>Discord >259

I read that they are assuming everybody is underage.

[ergophobe]

https://thesocialshepherd.com/blog/discord-statistics

[rcjordan]

>Discord Users Spend 2+ Hours Per Week

Pffft! Amateurs.

Sounds a lot like /r

[ergophobe]

Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/oh-good-discords-age-verification-rollout-has-ties-to-palantir-co-founder-and-panopticon-architect-peter-thiel/

[ergophobe]

Well, that didn't last long

Discord distances itself from Peter Thiel–backed verification software after its code was found on a Google Cloud endpoint
https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/discord-peter-thiel-backed-persona-identity-verification-breach/

[ergophobe]

Discord just canceled its planned age verification rollout, for now

https://9to5mac.com/2026/02/24/discord-just-canceled-its-planned-age-verification-rollout-for-now/

[rcjordan]

I love it when the intertubes kicks a company's ass up between its shoulder blades.