Gaming: Discord Will Decide Which Servers To Age-gate 'with A Combination...

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Losing the ability to talk in "stage channels" where designated speakers talk to an audience who can only listen, for instance, wouldn't change the way most people use Discord.

That's not the only thing you'd lose out on if you were stuck in Teenage Discord Purgatory, though. As well as a bunch of additional restrictions on direct messages and friend requests, you'll be age-gated from participating in certain servers entirely. And how will those servers be chosen?

Speaking to GamesMarket, a Discord representative did at least clarify that, "We do not automatically age-gate servers or content related to a specific game based on its rating alone". So that's something. Instead, the filtering will be done "with a combination of automated detection with AI validation and human review to proactively identify and age-gate servers". Oh, well if AI is involved I'm sure it'll turn out fine.

Source: PC Gamer