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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
by dark-star 8mo ago
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)
- bee_rider 8mo agoThose 5% are the unusual sorts that separate Discord from Facebook.
- esseph 8mo 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-star 8mo agoNo, 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_19h 8mo agoThe real question is, how much of the "terminally online" population who is more likely to use paid Discord features?
- airstrike 8mo agoRemember 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.
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- lossyalgo 8mo agoAlso 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.