Em Feb 24

YES! This is AMAZING! 🎉

Keep pushing against abusive practices, and keep fighting for your privacy rights!

IT WORKS! ✊🔒

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

Edit: Just to be clear, I still encourage everyone to move to better platforms and delete your Discord accounts (even if there was no age verification at all). Discord isn't a privacy-respectful platform.

But this small victory means we should keep pushing for better privacy practices, everywhere.

This means they are listening. This means you have the power to make things better, for yourself and for others.

Celebrate that. And keep pushing back.

#Privacy #AgeVerification #Discord #PrivacyWin

Discord just canceled its planned age verification rollout, for now - 9to5Mac

Discord’s controversial age verification saga has reached a new turning point. The original rollout plan has officially been canceled, with...

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Show threaddisorderlyf

@Em0nM4stodon Until they explicitly say they're scrapping ID/face verification of age for everyone, I say we keep the fire under their asses going. Tell the Stoat and Matrix and Mattermost and all the other platforms that people are going to that they should use this time to prepare for the second influx that'll come in 3-6 months when Discord does the thing they still plan on doing. Those who have already swapped should keep at it. If Discord wants to die on this hill, let them.

[edited to fix a typo and make a sentence less awkward]

Feb 24 at 11:27pmWeb
Show threadChristoff, the humanFeb 24
@disorderlyf @Em0nM4stodon at what point do you walk away, enough is enough? Folks are so dang conditioned to just take whatever these companies dish out and just roll with the inconveniences for the sake of keeping the status quo.
Show threadHelge HeßFeb 24
@christoff @disorderlyf @Em0nM4stodon Network effect. It's not that easy. And they know that 🙈
Show threaddisorderlyfFeb 24
@christoff @Em0nM4stodon The best time was yesterday. The second best time is today.
Show threadChristoff, the humanFeb 24

@disorderlyf @Em0nM4stodon damn right! I left cherished communities behind, it sucks. But, like Twitter, I can’t ignore it being a racist and nazi platform. Left after Elon got it. Wish more folks I respected didn’t go back to those areas and betray their entire stance once it got rough :(

It’s sad. It is starkly relatively lonely but I have to live with myself. I can’t fathom how others can just ignore it. Anyway, agreed, lol

Show threadsoloFeb 25
@disorderlyf @Em0nM4stodon they have explicitly said they intend to continue this no matter what