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WonRull

@wonrull.bsky.social

I stream video games and try to enjoy what I can in this life. I love my boyfriend and Power Rangers (too bad PR is dead). He/Him, Bi.

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WonRull

@wonrull.bsky.social

Being forced to call of work tomorrow due to being nearly stuck in bed thanks to being sick 💀

February 13, 2026 at 2:27 AM

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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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「Theodore」

@lordtheodore13.bsky.social

Was looking through my steam library to see what I need to add to the backlog and forgot I changed Yakuza 0's cover art to this

Yakuza 0 cover art edited to feature Fresh Prince Carlton as Majima and Will Smith as Kiryu

January 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM

WonRull

@wonrull.bsky.social

The absolute pain of trying to find a new computer desk but not finding one that closely matches what you already own.

January 30, 2026 at 1:45 AM

WonRull

@wonrull.bsky.social

This is what it looks like outside my apartment right now

Screenshot of Phendrana Drifts from Metroid Prime

January 26, 2026 at 2:24 AM

WonRull

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January 25, 2026 at 6:50 PM

WonRull

@wonrull.bsky.social

A little concerned about tomorrow due to needing to go to work so hopefully I can make it home safe before the snowstorm really kicks into high gear. On the plus side I'm lucky to not have been scheduled for a Monday shift.

January 24, 2026 at 11:23 PM

WonRull

@wonrull.bsky.social

At this rate, scum is too kind of a word for these monsters.

January 24, 2026 at 9:07 PM

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Adrian Bauer

@adrianbauer.bsky.social

This is canon Metroid

January 19, 2026 at 3:16 AM

WonRull

@wonrull.bsky.social

Turns out I have an extra day off of work this week so that should give me extra time to hunker down and focus on writing that script.

January 18, 2026 at 1:49 PM

WonRull

@wonrull.bsky.social

Current script writing struggle: I'm finding it much easier to talk about what I played on the Sega Saturn compared to anything else from 2025.

January 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM

WonRull

@wonrull.bsky.social

If there's one thing I've come to realize while working on this 2025 gaming recap video, is that I cannot write a script to save my life. Why is it actually hard to type about videos game?

January 15, 2026 at 12:46 AM