Josef M. Black 🍉

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)

When we overthrow the tech bros I only want monster fuckers and furry porn artists running the internet and tech.

"Don't worry about the Discord thing, it's only NSFW servers and channels that will require age verification! :)"

I could remove every speck of risque imagery/topics from my community and there's still a 50% chance we'd get flagged just because we're openly queer.

It's not actually about the kids.

Anyway do not, under any circumstances, for any reason, give your ID to a tech company or one of their subcontractors

Just got this email back. Don't use email, use their form: support.discord.com/hc/en-us/req...

If you haven't used their support portal, you may need to request activation and use the email you have associated with your disc account.

Hit the same points as you would in an email, tips below ⬇️

BIRD!

My most recent commission - a really fun challenge making non-standard VTuber models! This is my test live tracking my motion in VSeeFace to make sure it's all working correctly🪶

An embrace between Virgil, a fire genasi, and Eve, a warforged. Eve is consumed in smoldering flames.

furnace.

screenshot from Doom of a hellish alien scene with the subtitle "WHERE IS THE GUY WHO INVENTED SELLING PERSONAL DATA"

me in hell

four stickers of animals drawn in a cute style. clockwise from top left: a cat carrying a kitten in its mouth, a shark with text "sea puppy", a toucan with fruits, a white cat with yellow flowers

(Shares appreciated!)

Fundraiser item - Mystery sticker pack

Sales of this item will be donated to the International Institute of Minnesota. More info below!

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I needed a banner so I figured I might as well draw all of my favorite things ☁️🏠✨

hard to think of a better example of "you may not believe in class war, but billionaires know they're in one" than this

Floored to only be learning about her now, in the year 2026

One of my most prized possessions

Loop that drops after defeating me:

- SOAD album
- rocks. Of various colors.
-Tiny boat figures
- little 1969 dodge Charger hotwheel
- leather belts
- tarantula shed
- espresso chocolate
- 1943 wheat penny (rare)
- WWI tank badge (ultra rare)
- WWII USAAF bomber pins (rare)

I got followed by an AI-generated yaoi porn account this morning. Instant block. Fuck you. If the yaoi smut isn't being created by an insane perverted fujoshi or fudanshi putting every ounce of their love and freak fetishes into it by hand then I don't fucking want it

(YYYOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH) <- Me, screaming internally

Iron lung was good

Unhinged Vince 😮‍💨

Raf is a pure ball of friendly sunshine while Mik is concentrated Serbian Rage #oc #ocart

I've been drawing Mik so much #oc #ocart

There is an actual argument that this curse actually worked.

HAAHAHA junkies (it's fine, the local Chinese place also knows us by name)

My dad did the same with my older bro, I wonder what triggers that passed torch of fast-food ordering 🤔

IM SEEING IT THURSDAY I DONT CARE HOW CHICKEN SHIT I AM W HORROR

But where are the BOYS from?!

Working on an OC map, so everyone knows who goes where!

The first group is in 1914, the two others are in the 1940s. Third is Raf's B-17 bomber crew!

#oc #ocart #originalcharacters

But where are the BOYS from?!

HAAHAHAH YEAAAHHH some of these guys have a REALLY bad time

The rot consumes #Funguary