This is a very impressive blog post if you're interested in finding alternatives to #Discord.

Definitely check out Fluxer (even though they are struggling with the influx, pun intended).

https://blog.fluxer.app/how-i-built-fluxer-a-discord-like-chat-app/

#WritingCommunity

When your password leaks:
→ Change your password
→ Problem solved

When your biometric data leaks:
→ You can't change your face
→ You can't change your fingerprints
→ The compromise is permanent
→ Your biometric data is in breach databases forever

This is why facial recognition for age verification is dangerous.

#Biometrics #Privacy #Discord

#Roblox, #Reddit and #Discord users must use biometric #ageverification tool backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel

@JamesBaker says:

“People are worried, and angry, about having to hand over biometric scans of their face to overseas companies just to access online platforms. This includes children.

“Users deserve to know who is behind these systems, how their data is being used, and to have a real choice about who verifies their identity online.”

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/roblox-reddit-and-discord-users-compelled-to-use-biometric-id-system-backed-by-palantir-co-founder-peter-thiel/

Roblox, Reddit and Discord users compelled to use biometric ID system backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel

Following global pushes for age assurance by governments, Persona is increasingly being used by major online platforms to carry out biometric age checks.

^{Open Rights Group}

I hope nobody is surprised, but the enshittification of Discord begins (continues?)...

What else could you expect from a company that took almost a billion dollars in funding. Yes that's with a B!

Here's to hoping that Matrix projects finally focus on product experience! *ahem* @element 👀

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/discord-heightens-ad-focus-by-introducing-video-ads-to-mobile-apps-in-june

#Discord #Matrix #Enshittification

Discord heightens ad focus by introducing video ads to mobile apps in June

Discord looks for more ways to make money ahead of expected IPO.

^{Scharon Harding (Ars Technica)}

Discord is a cancer, bruh.

Someone asked a question on #Github Discussions and someone else closed the discussion saying "(...) Questions can be asked through Discord 👍🏻".

For the love of god, stop using #Discord as a forum. The questions are undiscoverable.

This sucks so much. I kept telling numerous people " #discord is NOT a forum, it is an IRC app, stop building your communities in it around stuff that needs to be found with a search engine and archived, it's a bad idea for numerous reasons including the overpopulation of server topics in an app that has a 100 server limit" but nobody listened. I hate being right.

We're about to have yet ANOTHER internet library of alexandria situation assuming this shit retroactively applies to existing stuff.

RT @BoilingSteam@twitter.com

You Want to Move to Matrix (Chat Network) but you can't afford to lose your friends on Discord? We have a solution for you: https://boilingsteam.com/how-to-bridge-discord-in-matrix/ #linux #matrix #discord #bridge

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BoilingSteam/status/1370039355482378240