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Robin N.

@thegoldenrobin.bsky.social

OMG my favorite game on Wii 🥲

🦇 Harper 🦇 @2manystripes.bsky.social · 1d

we live in the ruins of a greater civilization

February 14, 2026 at 12:37 AM

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🦇 Harper 🦇

@2manystripes.bsky.social

we live in the ruins of a greater civilization

February 13, 2026 at 3:12 AM

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Gianni Matragrano

@getgianni.com

I keep seeing folks say they'll just accept a Teen Friendly account on Discord rather than scan or ID and I don't know if I wanna mass normalize leaving NSFW pals out in the cold yet again. Especially with all the censorship stuff goin on I think we gotta stand with the freaks now more than ever.

February 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM

Robin N.

@thegoldenrobin.bsky.social

Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you #art

This is a fun chain! Y’all should go through it <3

February 13, 2026 at 7:45 PM

Robin N.

@thegoldenrobin.bsky.social

The last real walk I went on was months ago… ft. @smerflel.bsky.social

February 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM

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Mrs. Betty Bowers

@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Oh, dear. When careless punctuation reveals the truth.

February 10, 2026 at 8:40 PM

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Lilah Sturges

@lilahsturges.com

Remember if you watch this show or buy this merch, no trans person will like or trust you ever again. Sorry but those are the rules.

preternia @ toy fair @preternia.com · 3d

Hasbro and Warner Bros. Discovery have signed a multi-year deal starting in 2027 to produce Harry Potter film and television series dolls, role play, action figures, collectibles, interactive plush, board games, and more to be revealed later this year - bwnews.pr/45UKdKL

February 10, 2026 at 3:58 PM

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM

Robin N.

@thegoldenrobin.bsky.social

Been working on this concept art so long that I hate it? Idk something just feels off to me… any ideas? #WIP

February 10, 2026 at 2:54 PM

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Shopi ☆ Star 🐨🌌 COMMS OPEN

@shopistar.bsky.social

"Never share your personal info to strangers. But your friendly neighborhood corporation ain't no stranger! Do share all your sensitive information with us. It's safe! :)"

February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM

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Allister Jones 🐦 アリスタ

@allisteranim.bsky.social

Kinda Fucked Up that in our lifetimes we've gone from "never share personal info on the internet" to "hand over your identity to the most incompetent corporations imaginable".

February 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM

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‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾

@winter.etheirys.social

despite what this post may say: this is not a walkback. this is a reiteration. we already knew this information. do not fall for unwise propaganda. keep the pressure on, financially or verbally. barrage them.

Brian M @legendofnerd.bsky.social · 4d

Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)

Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults.

Hey folks –

I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news.

I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults.

And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.)

Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence.

Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details.

And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!

February 10, 2026 at 2:57 AM

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Narney

@narney.bsky.social

I started to make a document to list some alternatives for Discord that I’ll keep updating. It’s not necesserily to invite everyone to jump out but it’s good to know that they exist.

write.ellipsus.com/edit/5c78554...

Keep bothering Discord and inform yourselves.

February 10, 2026 at 12:37 PM

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Joshua W. Cotter

@joshuawcotter.bsky.social

Make Art (1/4)

A rabbit in overalls and a goat in pants are sitting on the ground drawing pictures. The rabbit is saying “ART POSES A THREAT TO CORPORATOLRATIC SYSTEMS BECAUSE A PURPOSE OF ART IS TO REMIND THE INDIVIDUAL OF THEIR INHERENT AUTONOMY.”, the goat adds “THEIR HUMANITY.”

February 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM

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birdblitz 🔞 // 10/10 slots full

@birdblitz.net

we may require your government ID, legal name, and full address, but we delete that information as soon as we verify your age! (three weeks pass) hey so our servers got hacked and you guys are not gonna believe what happened to your government IDs, legal names, and full addresses that we deleted

February 9, 2026 at 10:57 PM

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Sineprin

@sineprin.bsky.social

Previously

An article headline that reads "Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs". The article is dated Oct 3, 2025.

February 9, 2026 at 2:55 PM

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GB

@gbdialga.bsky.social

Oh my god, so many people are canceling Nitro that it's having issues processing it, cook 'em hard bois.

February 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM

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The Blind Archer (Commission Waitlist Open)

@theblindarcher.bsky.social

It could be really bad for Discord if Californians contact the office of the Attorney General to report the potential violations of CCPA and CALOPPA citing the recent breach from a few months back where 1.5tb of user data and millions of IDs were leaked, but who can say for sure?