Discord Voluntarily Pushes Mandatory Age Verification Despite Recent Data Breach

Discord's not going away, but I looked at setting up a self hosted matrix server last night and had it up with an element client in 20 minutes with docker compose. I don't think I'll do a discord<->matrix bridge (since it requires extra stuff on the discord side and I think you lose encryption, which isn't that important), but if you have buddies who you want to keep in contact with, it's not a bad solution

I explored but am avoiding big, public channels because there honestly isn't that much chatting going on in the ones that I found

Will this actually be implemented worldwide, and not be easily bypassed with some ai generated images? I'm skeptical that anything ever happens tbh.

Related, select key discussions this week:

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46945663

Discord just killed anonymity

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46996067

Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verification

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46995046

Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46982421

I already cancelled my account. This is a deal breaker.