Funny part is everyone was already saying this when Discord mentioned age verification and Discord was acting like their heads were in the sand. It wasn't until mass exodus and people canceling Nitro that they finally did something.
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Again? I swear I read the same headline earlier this month.
The fact they ever considered something affiliated with Peter Thiel in the first place is enough to abandon Discord.
But Peter Theil knows about the anti-christ!
Poor discord
Color me fucking surprised
I don't believe that.
Too little, too late.
Well, I don't believe you.
Also, you should learn what trust is and how that works.
Trust isn't on then now. They won't learn what it means until the customer demonstrates what trust means. The trust is gone on our side so leave the platform. Rip the bandaid off. Get off social media. Get off shitty streaming services.
Do it and do it now.
You're preaching to the choir here.
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Why create ties in the first place?
Not sure if I should upvote people fixing a obvious, terrible problem that they created themselves.
With guys like this you don't need to find secret surveillance shit, you just need to assume it.
It's fucking Peter Thiel. They should know he is radioactive.
Tech CEOs don't live in the same world as the rest of us. Maybe when the AI bubble pops they'll finally realise that it might be good idea to have some actual humans working in the company C suite. Rather than repeatedly hiring from the same pod person pool of recycled MBA executives.
They probably did, but didn't care. They only started "caring" because it made the news
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That's cool, still leaving though.
I ain't submitting my ID to anyone over the internet.
This is a place of anonymity, not for proclaiming from the rooftops who I am on here.
Doubt.
Nah, don't believe it. Reason: money
Is it just me or does this (the push for removing online anonymity) feel like part of a bigger move to push people into further insulated groups and prevent social cohesion?
I've not really ever had any cohesion on the platforms I use anonymously anyway. I just like having places to talk about shit without any judgement that would be linked to my identity. Gonna miss that if this shit takes off but going outside more will probably do me some good.
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Yeah I'm sure they had absolutely no idea before. Because Peter Thiel such a trusted and reputable name, how could they possibly known that doing business with him would be negatively construed?
Suuuurrrrrreeeee. They will probably just setup a shell company or whatever they do. These rats don't just give up and go home.
A nothingburger apology that follows the same patterns every company does
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Introduce outrageous thing
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Apologize
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delay outrageous thing by a few months and hope people forgot about it, then do it again
It's also AFTER their IPO, so the owners can cash in beforehand
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Discord: Sorry, we spied and report on you through software from a bad company. Be assured, we will spy and report on you through good company software from now on!
Too late.
Who else is using Peter Thiels crap?
Robinhood uses Persona.
Is that some new hip social media app that I am not gen alpha enough to understand. I've only managed to get as far as Fortnite.
Peter thiel is everything wrong with the world.
He is a plague, a cancer, a curse.
He is in the Epstein files.
He likely had his gay lover killed for revealing he was gay.
Peter thiel is the enemy of humanity.
Peter thiel is an antichrist
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Smoke in mirrors. I'm calling bullshit. Thiel will probably get all the info and blackmail everyone later.
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[Insert South Park "We're Sorry" scene here]
Also, given the state of affairs and the lack of trust, I dont believe they are cutting them off. Assume the worst and do what you can to decouple from the platform I dont expect people to quit cold-turkey, but put in the effort, it takes a long time to degoogle yourself and given how ubiquitous discord was during the plague, I dont fault people for making sure lines of communication and contacts arnt broken.
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Already deleted my account. Not going back.
I'm absolutely deleting my discord account once they update it with the age verification. The matrix protocol is a reasonable alternative https://joinmatrix.org/
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