See I'm conflicted for one reason: Discord has a BAD track record in dealing with grooming of ALL kinds.
This is like if Roblox or Bluesky was forced to age verify because they allowed the problem to get so bad yet 4chan and YouTube didn't because even at their worst they weren't this bad.
Though I'd rather they just did discovery and started arresting staff as I can bet many ALLOWED it to get this bad and even participated.
Good point. User: "A Nazi in my channel used the N-word!" Admin: "Horrible! We need ID verification to associate real people with what users write so we can permaban them and shame them!" Predator: "Wait uh....let's not...let's not do anything implusive here....let's uh...think this through..."
See I'm conflicted for one reason: Discord has a BAD track record in dealing with grooming of ALL kinds.
This is like if Roblox or Bluesky was forced to age verify because they allowed the problem to get so bad yet 4chan and YouTube didn't because even at their worst they weren't this bad.
Though I'd rather they just did discovery and started arresting staff as I can bet many ALLOWED it to get this bad and even participated.
Good point. User: "A Nazi in my channel used the N-word!" Admin: "Horrible! We need ID verification to associate real people with what users write so we can permaban them and shame them!" Predator: "Wait uh....let's not...let's not do anything implusive here....let's uh...think this through..."