Discord cut ties with its age-verification partner after exposed code fueled federal-reporting concerns, months after a breach hit 70,000 users.

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    23 hours ago

    In a few months they will try again with “a completely different and 100% trusted group with no ties whatsoever to Persona and/or Peter Thiel”. By which I mean the exact same fucking company acting through a proxy. Don’t let this theater prevent you from leaving to a better platform. It’s still coming, they just want to wait for people to get complacent again.

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      21 hours ago

      What’s the better platform that everyone should leave to? I looked into Stoat the other day but its obvious they aren’t currently equipped to handle the influx of traffic they’re getting, and a lot of dev work still needs to be done.

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          17 hours ago

          Matrix would be my own, personal suggestion as well. I didn’t name names in my original comment because I didn’t want anyone to feel pigeonholed into something, the most important thing right now is simply getting yourselves safe if you need to. But yes, if you want a suggestion, Matrix is probably the best idea for all the reasons above. Plus, you are free to use any Matrix supported client, I admit pickings are a little slim in terms of variety on the front of clients atm, there are a few but they are functionally largely identical currently. But hopefully that will change in time, faster if the standard gets more popular.

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        18 hours ago

        IRC

        Its mature, it can handle a bazillion users and is really lightweight. And with a nice front-end like “The Lounge” it can also look fancy.

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      23 hours ago

      They can kiss my producer’s butt, as he’s left Discord in 2020. He seemingly saw the writing on the wall for that, but had no clue at the time.

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      21 hours ago

      My producer already ditched it in 2020, seeing the writing on the wall. I never got a Discord account, and this was partly the reason why.

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    23 hours ago

    Peter Thiel is a creepy weirdo who injects himself with the blood of young people in an attempt to reverse aging.

    That means it’s very important that you find and spread unflattering photos that highlight the fact that he’s almost 60 years old.