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Ok, here’s proof of what you make me assume you’re referencing as there’s no mention of anything at all, just broad statements. Also, look above, I’ve provided data already while you’ve gone little kid mode getting cranky and just blindly following the nonsensical trajectory of you’re ludicrous and half baked initial statement.

“Facial age estimation tools are notoriously unreliable, particularly for people of color, trans and nonbinary people, and people with disabilities. The internet has now proliferated with stories of people bypassing these facial age estimation tools. But when systems get it wrong, users may be forced into appeals processes or required to submit more documentation, such as government-issued IDs… Even newer approaches (things like age inference, behavior tracking, financial database checks, digital ID systems) expand the web of data collection, and carry their own tradeoffs around access and error.”

Source: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/discord-voluntarily-pushes-mandatory-age-verification-despite-recent-data-breach

Falls on it’s face lol! You mean a single T left uncrossed, whereas you’ve omitted relevant and quite well known info regarding Discord finally being on the cusp of their IPO after attempting it for more than 10 years.

Nonetheless, this “AI recognition” which somehow destroys my well laid out and supported comment requires an extensive behavior profile to even be an option for each user. Worse yet, it’s proprietary software that’s been shown on multiple occasions to be horrendous with accuracy. These accuracy issues may result in this AI company having your biometric data while also now being forced to upload an ID to get on the platform.

PS: The EU, Australia, and United States population’s combined is 9.9% of the worlds population. But due to 38% of US states and 11% of EU countries with some ID law, plus Australia’s first attempt to keep kids under 16 off social media, you still can somehow validate the global enforcement of laws put forward by the minority population from a group representing less than 10% of the planet?!

You’re either horrendous with math and simple reasoning, being paid by Discord, or a troll that’s real terrible at their job

Which regulations required Discord to default users worldwide as teens and request government ID’s to resort some of the basic functionality if there’s contradicting or limited user data?

Discord has been aiming to have their IPO in Q1 2026 for a while now, which I have to assume you didn’t know. Thinking all this is due to wide spread privacy invasive laws enacted by many countries across the globe and not Discord just attempting to associate verified and specific data to most of their end users is laughable!

Discord has confidentially filed for a US IPO, targeting a Q1 2026: https://web.archive.org/web/20260217002224/https://techfundingnews.com/discord-ipo-q1-25bn-valuation-microsoft-rejection/

You can also establish a user block though too, so if their comments in unblocked communities are making your experience less than ideal, just block that user.

Really? Huh, I have a decent amount of communities blocked and I’ve never seen a single post from anyone of them after implementing the block

I hear that, but the thing is anyone can block whatever/whoever they feel the need to in the fediverse. I truly believe server admins should federate across the board, as it’s a disservice to end users only allowing federation with certain servers based on admin preference.

As far as UI and UX go, Lemmy’s devs are some of the biggest players in the overall fediverse functionality. So while the UI/UX could use some more attention in select areas, being able to interact with the other platforms is a much bigger aspect to the appeal of the fediverse! The Lemmy devs really do deserve a lot more credit for their work, regardless on their opinions or how the they approach discussing them.

FTFY

Piefed provides sections or slices of the fediverse and often is incorporated with mastodon, whereas Lemmy is a much bigger aspect of the overall fediverse. While everyone is entitled to their option how they approach certain topics, Lemmy’s devs have a huge impact on federation protocols, moderation norms, and general user experience across the fediverse!

Without Google’s grubby paws across most the web, it’d be much more like the initial intent of what the internet was supposed to be, a welcoming place with open and accessible info!

If you don’t want to pay to access a web search service, just use docker and run your own SearXNG instance! This will also allow you to host our own AI model that searches the web through SearXNG. While it may sound like a lot of work, it truly takes an afternoon and some unused RAM on your PC to make happen, then you’re set up!