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✦ INTERSTELLAR FOREO ✦

@florashyxd.bsky.social

digital artist and a chinchilla, currently 18
call me FOREO or flora, no i'm not a furry but i draw them 😋

💜 https://florashyxd.carrd.co 💚

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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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Pu 🙊

@mpupu.bsky.social

Batch of Halloween Eeveelutions #3

November 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM

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Natalie

@twigsyy.bsky.social

February 9, 2026 at 8:30 AM

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cato / thor ! ★🦍 @ GDC 26’ !

@monstatron.bsky.social

some fun sketching with obasi looking more intimidating than she actually is. despite her looks and a frown that's practically carved itself into her face, obasi is built with a soft interior that can be more easily shaken than she likes to admit.

#bladeinthecityseries #furry #oc #anthro #gorilla

Obasi, an anthropomorphic gorilla with greying fur and purple eyes, smokes a cigar. Her golden jewlery glimmers and her eyes glow.

February 9, 2026 at 12:45 AM

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@EMERALDSTUFFZ

@elliestuffz.bsky.social

“On the top” 🎞️📸

February 8, 2026 at 11:12 AM

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🙂

@danneroni.bsky.social

Yung Lean Boy + Bladee Girl 🗡️✨
HAPPY B-DAY :) @sparklecore.dog

February 7, 2026 at 3:33 AM

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🧊 𝙎𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙚

@slushienova.neocities.org

「 ✦ #OC ✦ 」 Morning Blue Breeze 💙🤍

Illustration of my original character CQ. She is floating in a breezy blue background full of patterns and text.

The big text tile saying "MORNING BLUE BREEZE" and below is "Slushienova" and "The Polar Refresh".

February 6, 2026 at 1:24 AM

✦ INTERSTELLAR FOREO ✦

@florashyxd.bsky.social

Millennium

#digitalart

February 6, 2026 at 5:23 AM

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Monniponi

@monniponi.bsky.social

Frufrú 🐱🎀
#Furryart #Cuteart #Art

February 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM

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Liphyrus !!

@liphyrus.bsky.social

Get real

February 5, 2026 at 11:21 PM

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Higor P. Matos

@gogohigorgo.bsky.social

UPDATE: hey, would you look at that. Adobe Animate is staying, and no longer being discontinued.

This shows that bullying corporations can always work.

February 3, 2026 at 11:24 PM

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Crowne Prince

@crowneprince.bsky.social

I *just* paid for another year of Adobe and now I get this message Animate (Flash) is going away, and the last 15 years of my work will be inaccessible.

I went back to it because Toon Boom is too expensive.

i mean it's fine, let's just never own anything ever