Discord age verification

[firecat]

I guess Discord is going to start requiring users to prove they are over a certain age if they want to access certain content.

I mainly use Discord to keep connected to fanfic fandom, most of which has certain content. And I definitely am not going to upload my ID.

Does this affect you? If so, what are you going to do when it goes into effect?

Comments

[megpie71]

I'm already affected (Australian in Australia).

One tip I'm going to be passing around all over the place: if, like me, you are an adult who has short arms and who needs glasses to be able to read small print, the trick to getting around Discord's face-based age recognition thing is to skip trying to use the phone version of the app - I tried that, and found that I couldn't physically hold the phone far enough away from my face to enable things, plus I was having trouble reading the instructions in the first place (they need you to take off your glasses in order to use the silly thing). What worked for me, and prevented me from having to give them an opportunity to look at any of my ID, was installing Discord on my tablet, and using that. So if you're having problems on your phone, switch to a different piece of technology, if you can - tablet, laptop computer etc.

[firecat]

Good advice! I never use the phone version of anything if I can help it. 😹