Hello whoever, this is a journal where I vent a bit.

So, Discord is apparently looking to put in stupid age verification nonsense in their app next month. https://aftermath.site/discord-age-verification/

Gave a link, but here's the basics of it. Discord apparently thinks that its easily breached databases deserve your sensitive info and face pics for some reason. Why? Because apparently Discord forgets that their primary user is the 18 to 50 year old furry, I guess. That's not an insult, I can't remember the last time I met someone under 18 on Discord.

So yeah, of course cancel your Nitro and get some Death Stranding screenshots, or whatever. I gotta be honest, I haven't been trusting Discord in ages, use has mostly been begrudging. People chose not to get on Guilded, and the Roblox guys took that over. People chose not to get on Revolt, now it's Stoat and has to clarify that it's not using GenAI code. Telegram got taken over by the worst people, and I don't think anyone wants to go back to Skype if it still exists.

So, now what? Is Stoat the alternative we want now that it's not using GenAI (at least I hope they aren't) or can we find another one?

I just don't want to have to put my face into Discord, because fuck that.