Matt | Krasiph | Creating the Citadel 🏰

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!

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)

Making "The Beckoning Dream" a game system with a thriving community. I want to make content for this game for years to come.

I got an email saying that they cannot review email submissions, and only receive customer support questions through this form: dis.gd/contact

I would try submitting a complaint through there.

Truly not enough hours in the day.

On the bright side, got a lot figured out for @infinite-citadel.com's GenCon events.

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The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!

There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!

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Heir of Swords The First Cut Is the Hardest The sharp pain, the fear, the regret. It all comes crashing down, you betray your body for loving you. It begs you to stop, and you cut again. Heir of Swords is a solo div...

My beloved solo-divination ttrpg — Heir of Swords, is available for preorder with @plusoneexp.bsky.social as part February Zine Club!

The original Heir of Swords put me on the path to winning Gamefound's RPG Party and this version honors that significance with the best layout work I've ever done.

I am so in love with this new inking process, spending the night with absurd tea dice, watching Bridgerton, with actual tea just brings calm to my soul

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In case you missed the moment.

Art is powerful

Down with the Pale Lord in Rime.
Unleash the soul of the dead god rotting. Land lay stolen beneath their feet. The marching Vile sacrament of bells, blessed be their ringing.

Maybe I'm not deep enough into Black Clover, but there is a depressing lack of canonical ships for it to be a dating sim 🤣

*pushing characters together but they won't kiss* 😭

InDesign has been installed. I'm stoked to be able to collab with the team that much faster/easier, but definitely struggling with feelings that I'm gonna break stuff.

I'm so freaking excited to post some updates to our Kickstarters next week.

Also the Patreon.

Probably discord too.

... there's a lot happening 🤣😂

I'm so freaking excited to post some updates to our Kickstarters next week.

Also the Patreon.

Probably discord too.

... there's a lot happening 🤣😂

There is one key difference, unlike real life, the characters in KOKOTÖNA don't get to overthrow their "gods"

They only get to choose how they suffer, and MAYBE, if they're smart, they get to steal a spark of glory or protect a companion before their death

This is what my defiance looks like /rant

It's a game about living in a doomed system created by ancient, capricious powers and further twisted into an engine of oppression

About being a flesh-bearer within that engine, demanding your own blood as fuel

About finding meaning, joy, or even just a sliver of defiance within that hopelessness

The world is a cesspool somehow lit ablaze, led by literal monsters, and yethere's me, drawing spiders, skulls and whatever else the fuck this game needs like a fucking lunatic edgelord.

It honestly feels pointless/ridiculous...

But then I realized something, this is what #KOKOTÖNA is all about.

a man sitting on a couch with the words we take those above him ALT: a man sitting on a couch with the words we take those above him

Okay but then my brain went "what if we just knocked out two new Mörk Sol classes before quittin' time?"

Knocking out a bunch of "Suddenly!" sorta tasks has been good, but I'm missing that feeling where I just nestle into a single pursuit for hours.

Hoping to get some more of that going tomorrow.

a woman in a pink sweater is sitting on a couch and says it 's getting hot in here . ALT: a woman in a pink sweater is sitting on a couch and says it 's getting hot in here .

Oh heck yes, bring the heat!

So like...

If I were to hypothetically run a sexually explicit AP, not so explicit where actual sex would take place above the table, but definitely something deeply erotic, more than fade to black, would you listen to it?

And pushing further... would anyone want to be in it?

Raven & Riddle makes incredible dice. The first forbidden snacks KS was all about charcuterie, and let me tell you my meaty d12s are *exactly* as tempting to snack on as advertised.

This High Tea set looks incredible. A must-have for anyone doing Regency / High Society #ttrpgs. #dice #art

Dearest gentle players, may I humbly present the cut crystal dice from my current Kickstarter. A cut crystal d20 will be given away to one backer when we hit 25 backers!

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More details to follow once we have that figured out, but the next season of our audio-only actual play is being edited and it is *very exciting*. #ttrpg #vtm

As a reminder, we are in the process of merging the Tales of Initiative and @infinite-citadel.com Patreons into a single entity. Once our Witch: Fated Souls actual play is finished, all future content will be posted to a new home for Tales podcasts, sponsored by Infinite Citadel and @lorelink.com.

Liberty to All - Episode 6 | Tales of Initiative Get more from Tales of Initiative on Patreon

Episode 6 of Liberty to All is up on the Patreon!

Our Witches are nearing the end of their investigation. What secrets & troubles still lurk? #ttrpg

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