Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verification

Re:Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verif... by Bender on Thursday February 12, 2026 @05:03PM (#46995905)

Matrix is a protocol, not a service

I thought it was both and their hosted service is in the UK. Is it not? I know people can host their own but I have had very little success in getting people to host their own things. Most here at HN will not do anything that requires more than their cell phone. Who knows maybe Discords actions will incentivize more people to self host.

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Re:Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verif... by opan on Thursday February 12, 2026 @06:00PM (#46996500)

There's more than just the big flagship server and hosting your own. There are lots of small public servers you can sign up for, similar to email.

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Re:Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verif... by esseph on Thursday February 12, 2026 @05:22PM (#46996128)

> had very little success in getting people to host their own things. Most here at HN will not do anything that requires more than their cell phone.

You're just talking to the wrong ones :-)

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Re:Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verif... by Bender on Thursday February 12, 2026 @06:23PM (#46996730)

You're just talking to the wrong ones :-)

I do hope you are right. Governments have more than enough low hanging fruit to go snatch up and then pat themselves on the back.

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