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PlasticLove ( PlasticLove@lemmy.today )  to World News@quokk.au · 1 year ago

Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age Verification

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Discord Begins Testing Facial Scans for Age Verification

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PlasticLove ( PlasticLove@lemmy.today )  to World News@quokk.au · 1 year ago
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Some countries have passed strict new laws dictating youth access to digital platforms.
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      I can only think of Element/Matrix because Revolt doesn’t have screen-sharing, which is a huge factor in my group’s get-togethers.

  • Onomatopoeia ( Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ) 
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    Lol, I tried using Discord garbage 2 or 3 times, just can’t see why people like it. It was an awful experience every time. Convoluted, unintuitive UI, terrible software from a performance and stability standpoint. Seemed like software designed by committee with no clear objectives, and then coded by one schizophrenic dev who was just learning programming.

    It’s staggering to me it’s as successful as it is.

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      It’s a terrible platform that snatched victory from the jaws of defeat by being the only easy to use VoIP client right as Skype was dying.

      The nice thing is, the lack of defining features and it’s general awful qualities will make it easy to supplant when another true competitor emerges.

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      I never got the fact that Discord uses the “server” name for what is effectively a hub.

      I use Discord every week, when me and my friend are gaming.

      Before that we used Steam’s built in system, and before that I hosted my own Mumble server.

      Discord is decent, it makes it super easy to stream to stream you monitor to others in your hub, that is a brilliant feature.

      Steam is fine for one on one chat, a bit more complicated than needed with group chats last time I used it.

      Mumble has excellent voice quallity.

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    Not just “no” but, fuck no.

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    Every piece of news I see about discord lately makes me believe it’s headed for a mass exodus, that I’ll likely join, but I hate how much information and files are stored exclusively on discord.

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    What makes YT educational but not other platforms? Sounds open to abuse.

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      What makes YT educational but not other platforms?

      the amount of money the lawmakers get

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      Google just changed their policies and started working on weapons and defense systems for the government, immediately buying an Israeli intelligence company and doing a bunch of heinous shit.

      I could see these things being related.

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    I use Discord to talk to my parents, since I live on the opposite side of the globe from them, but the second it asks me to scan my face will be the last second I ever use it…

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      I believe Matrix has video chat

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        Does it? Great, thanks! I’ll have to install it remotely on their machine next time we talk and see if it’s easy enough for them to get a hang of.

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          It was a few years ago when I tested it, not sure how well it works today.

          Good luck!

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    They can scan my DICK!

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