Last week, Discord finally pulled the trigger on the global rollout of its age estimation systems, which require users to provide age verification through an ID scan or selfie if the company's estimation model can't confidently surmise that you're older than 18. While Discord estimated that 90% of users wouldn't need to prove their age, accompanying bugginess drove the company to address the emerging issues by posting on X with the air of being just a little guy.
Nobody liked that. Discord's ill-advised smol bean-posting has become a flashpoint for the internet's collective frustration over being forced to swallow what's widely perceived—with good reason—as the prelude to an...
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