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snake eater

@cryptidsteeth.bsky.social

i've been playing yapyap with my friends so i drew @candyetching.bsky.social cat as a wizard from memory, im gonna digitalize it eventually

February 10, 2026 at 1:34 PM

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Brian M

@legendofnerd.bsky.social

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 1:43 AM

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Joetzel - MadeWithFluff

@madewithfluff.bsky.social

PIJON

#furryart #pigeon

February 10, 2026 at 11:47 AM

snake eater

@cryptidsteeth.bsky.social

taking impromptu social media breaks is so so good on the soul i stg

February 10, 2026 at 1:04 PM

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gator 🐊

@gatorstooth.bsky.social

apple dragonite adopt! 🍏🍎

February 5, 2026 at 9:19 AM

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Zombutt

@zombutt.bsky.social

🔆Gastly fusion adopts!
🔆Each one of these is $5 USD through PayPal.
🔆You can purchase them here: ko-fi.com/zombutt/shop

🌸Amazing base by @saturnsmudge.bsky.social

🔁 and❤️ are appreciated
__________________
#adopt #adoptable #adopts #adoptables #gastly #pokemon

February 5, 2026 at 5:18 PM

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B A R S U K

@barssuk.bsky.social

Espeon 🔮

January 17, 2026 at 8:46 PM

snake eater

@cryptidsteeth.bsky.social

i. I'm stupid. base is by @gatorstooth.bsky.social

snake eater @cryptidsteeth.bsky.social · 22d

and my clown mews,,,, finally done. all 5 USD and you can get them here! ko-fi.com/cryptidsteet...

🔁 and ❤️ are appreciated

{ #adoptable #clown #clowndesign #clownadopt #pokemon #pokemonadopt #originalcharacter #horrordesign #horroradopt #characterdesign }

February 5, 2026 at 9:24 AM

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snake eater

@cryptidsteeth.bsky.social

and my clown mews,,,, finally done. all 5 USD and you can get them here! ko-fi.com/cryptidsteet...

🔁 and ❤️ are appreciated

{ #adoptable #clown #clowndesign #clownadopt #pokemon #pokemonadopt #originalcharacter #horrordesign #horroradopt #characterdesign }

January 19, 2026 at 9:39 PM

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Glenn Is Being Obstreperous Again

@glennsummers.bsky.social

New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped

February 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM

snake eater

@cryptidsteeth.bsky.social

sometimes you have to make your favorite digimon on amber isle, self care n all that

February 5, 2026 at 7:50 AM

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Sery

@sery.codes

wanna become famous?

I can't help with that, but get Sery_Bot for your Twitch stream anyway.

docs.sery.bot/about/

About Sery_Bot | Sery_Bot Docs

Sery_Bot is a Twitch moderation bot focused on keeping your stream safe. It quietly works in the background to protect against hate raids, follow bots, and chat spam - letting you focus on your…

docs.sery.bot

February 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM

snake eater

@cryptidsteeth.bsky.social

sodapop reference sheet update! lineart is done, slowly working on colors and playing around with markings at this point. i have been tweaking lineart as i see fit. can you believe i was charging $55 for a reference sheet like this?

{ #WIP #furry #characterdesign #originalcharacter }

February 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM

snake eater

@cryptidsteeth.bsky.social

i've been playing amber isle,,, made an old old oc while playing around on the maker. god i love dinosaurs

February 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM

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Wizard1ylizard

@wizard1ylizard.bsky.social

Fidough 🍞
#digitalart #art #eyestrain #pokemon #ibispaint

February 3, 2026 at 12:57 PM

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snake eater

@cryptidsteeth.bsky.social

$15 Chibi commissions!
feral, anthro, humans, SFW only
full information here toyhou.se/37437595.15-...

🔁 and ❤️ are appreciated!

{ #digitalart #commissions #chibi #feral #anthro #kemono #art #artcommission #opencommission #furrycommission #hungryartist }

January 28, 2026 at 12:43 PM

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✨⭐Little Softs公式⭐✨

@littlesofts.bsky.social

Lurk the Mothman and the Spooky Set of Lil Freekz will be back in stock TOMORROW at NOON!

The Lil Freekz especially are super limited in number, so do not miss out on those cuties!!!

See you tomorrow for their shop re-drop at LittleSofts.com !!

February 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM

snake eater

@cryptidsteeth.bsky.social

to terrorize myself and my friend on repo.... or draw.... teetering on 24 hrs no sleep.... fuck it we ball,,,bwal is life uykno

January 31, 2026 at 10:59 PM

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Ray

@raydowi.bsky.social

It's Lapras Day!! Lapras is such a serene and pretty Pokemon, easily one of my faves 💙

January 31, 2026 at 6:59 PM

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snake eater

@cryptidsteeth.bsky.social

i'm also offering $10 sketches!! ko-fi has them as commissions as well, ko-fi.com/cryptidsteet...

sorry, i had to getmedication and now my account is in the negatives (SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP)