This isn’t going to affect Discord in any meaningful way.
The vast majority of users are going to be flagged as adults and not have to do anything.
The majority of the remainder are using Discord for “teen-friendly” purposes and won’t notice a difference.
The rest are gooners who are relatively new to Discord that will absolutely use a verification method to not lose access to the huge amount of porn that became permanently locked to the adult Discord community that they want access to.
You’re likely in groups 1 or 2. And if that’s news to you… then you need to learn to read past the headline that The Verge posted that got everyone up in arms.
This isn’t going to affect Discord in any meaningful way.
The vast majority of users are going to be flagged as adults and not have to do anything.
The majority of the remainder are using Discord for “teen-friendly” purposes and won’t notice a difference.
The rest are gooners who are relatively new to Discord that will absolutely use a verification method to not lose access to the huge amount of porn that became permanently locked to the adult Discord community that they want access to.
You’re likely in groups 1 or 2. And if that’s news to you… then you need to learn to read past the headline that The Verge posted that got everyone up in arms.