Teen-by-default settings to roll out globally for all Discord users, enhancing age-appropriate protections while maintaining privacy, community, and meaningful connection on the platform

Discord is announcing enhanced teen safety features rolling out globally that reinforce its long-standing commitment to creating a safer and more inclusive experience for users over the age of 13. As part of this update, all new and existing users worldwide will have a teen-appropriate experience by default, with updated communication settings, restricted access to age-gated spaces, and content filtering that preserves the privacy and meaningful connections that define Discord.

Beginning with a phased global rollout to new and existing users in early March, users may be required to engage in an age-verification process to change certain settings or access sensitive content. This includes age-restricted channels, servers, or commands and select message requests.

    • P1nkman@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      Need support? Contract us on @SupportThatNeverReplies on Shitter (the nazi-everything app)!

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      10 days ago

      I’ve had to dismiss several potentially-useful projects for this reason. In fact nearly every FOSS project I come across has no open platform for discussion.

      Sometimes there is a Discourse forum but those are just awful from a UX perspective, and even then the devs rarely reply to anything there, mostly leaning on GitHub.

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        10 days ago

        Its maddening, isn’t it? They can write what’s often a full stack web facing application and they can’t spin up and host some pre-rolled forum VM? I have one in my laundry room and I’m the most amateur sysadmin ever.