Post #2133357
2026-02-11 21:02 UTC
Replies (6)
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@halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 2026-02-11 21:21
They were already doing that. Every advertising company already monitors you whenever possible to determine things like your age to target ads as effectively as possible. If a isn't relying on a third party for advertising like Google AdSense, and they're handling it internally, they definitely know that info.
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@Creegz@lemmy.world 2026-02-11 22:26
To think they weren't already doing that is naive. They hold a lot of liability hosting the amount of data they do, and that's without the obvious gain they'd have selling data.
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@Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2026-02-11 22:57
If I used discord, they would assume I'm 7 years old. *goes back to sitting on the living room floor, and watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles while eating cereal with gummy bears added in* Jokes on you, discord! I'm 42!
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@ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 2026-02-11 21:05
That's why I am deleting my shit and going to delete my account.
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@XLE@piefed.social 2026-02-12 00:33
I think the article title is technically correct. They walked back the _fears_ that users had. You're right that they haven't changed their policy, and they've exposed themselves as being extra creepy to someone like _us_, but _we_ aren't the majority of Discord users. I imagine the average Discord user, if they were even aware of this change at all, is breathing a sigh of relief right now, until these changes (or changes like them) actually affect those people
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@kionay@lemmy.world 2026-02-12 20:08
it is admittedly going to be a bit funny if some immature 45 year old man child gets flagged as a teen