Re:Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally
by ActorNightly on Monday February 09, 2026 @01:49PM
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All social media websites should require id tbh. This is the new public town square - everyone should have a voice, but nobody should escape the consequences of using that voice to peddle bullshit.
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Re:Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally
by JoshTriplett on Monday February 09, 2026 @03:25PM
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Feel free to go make a social media website that requires ID. What you are claiming is that websites that don't require ID should be destroyed. No.
Re:Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally
by johnnyanmac on Monday February 09, 2026 @03:57PM
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I don't need a public ID to sit in my local park nor shop for most things on Main Street.
>nobody should escape the consequences of using that voice to peddle bullshit.
We can already do that without needing ID stored on servers. Blame lazy enforcement with an incentive to retain even bad customers.
Re:Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally
by gambiting on Monday February 09, 2026 @04:49PM
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Except that is clearly not how it works. Spend 5 minutes on facebook, and you will quickly realize that people have absolutely no problem spewing the most disgusting racist, xenophobic shit you have ever seen in your life, while their full names and pictures of them hugging their granchildren are there for everyone to see.
>> nobody should escape the consequences
There are no consequences whatsoever for this.
Re:Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally
by 7bit on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @02:53AM
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I've never been to a town square where I had to let some random person photograph my face or tell me to leave.