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Knux 🐲

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Okay that's good to know, because it's really infuriating with the pauses I get.

February 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM

Knux 🐲

@maestroknux.bsky.social

Starting to wonder if there’s something up with my home internet or there’s been numerous cloud flare issues affecting social media sites and web chats lately.

February 10, 2026 at 3:01 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

Knux 🐲

@maestroknux.bsky.social

Sir…

February 9, 2026 at 5:45 PM

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@britculpsapp.bsky.social

“kid rock? isn’t that what they called epstein island?”

February 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM

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Mylie Softail

@stagefatality.bsky.social

if i know discord for anything is that they can and will pussy out if people bully them enough for something. get fucking loud about this

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

Age verification for all.

buff.ly

February 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM

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Wario64

@wario64.bsky.social

PlayStation State of Play confirmed for Feb 12th, 2 PM PT blog.playstation.com/2026/02/09/s...

60+ minutes of news, gameplay updates, and announcements from game studios across the globe - games from third party, PlayStation Studios teams, and indies

February 9, 2026 at 1:07 PM

Knux 🐲

@maestroknux.bsky.social

I think at some point this week I'll get back on to do that!

February 9, 2026 at 5:42 AM

Knux 🐲

@maestroknux.bsky.social

I really need to reshape my island up.

February 9, 2026 at 5:39 AM

Knux 🐲

@maestroknux.bsky.social

Is... Anyone else's internet being spotty?

February 9, 2026 at 4:50 AM

Knux 🐲

@maestroknux.bsky.social

Maga lost two games tonight.

February 9, 2026 at 3:24 AM

Knux 🐲

@maestroknux.bsky.social

Lewd

February 9, 2026 at 1:21 AM

Knux 🐲

@maestroknux.bsky.social

Smash

February 9, 2026 at 1:14 AM

Knux 🐲

@maestroknux.bsky.social

Hey

February 9, 2026 at 1:11 AM

Knux 🐲

@maestroknux.bsky.social

BIG HEK!

February 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM

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Knux 🐲

@maestroknux.bsky.social

Roman arrived at the party and is ready to have some fun. Pass him a bottle of beer and prepare to have a good night with the 7'5" veteran!

🎨: @tacorat.com

February 7, 2026 at 4:26 AM

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Knux 🐲

@maestroknux.bsky.social

“Room Party Vibe”

Derek went to his first ever legit furry con with actual anthros attending. He was invited to a room party later that evening. He ended up being well prepared for the fun, his good friend Hekar decided to help get him warmed up!

Dino: @xerhom.bsky.social
🎨: @resondog.bsky.social

February 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM

Knux 🐲

@maestroknux.bsky.social

Always

February 8, 2026 at 1:45 PM

Knux 🐲

@maestroknux.bsky.social

“Room Party Vibe”

Derek went to his first ever legit furry con with actual anthros attending. He was invited to a room party later that evening. He ended up being well prepared for the fun, his good friend Hekar decided to help get him warmed up!

Dino: @xerhom.bsky.social
🎨: @resondog.bsky.social

February 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM

Knux 🐲

@maestroknux.bsky.social

Roman arrived at the party and is ready to have some fun. Pass him a bottle of beer and prepare to have a good night with the 7'5" veteran!

🎨: @tacorat.com

February 7, 2026 at 4:26 AM