Starting in early March, the platform will place every account into a default “teen-appropriate” experience unless it has proof that users are adults.

The move has brought widespread criticism from Discord users, who are citing privacy and security concerns following a recent breach of a third-party vendor that ended up exposing around 70,000 government ID images used to verify the age of Discord users.

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      11 hours ago

      Root? What’s that from what I’ve heard a lot of people are moving to stoat.

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        11 hours ago

        Intro to Root that I watched Root app’s website I made a Root account and run it on NixOS through their appimage. I’m waiting on my friend to get it so I can test the voicechat and screen share but so far it’s functional and has 2 awesome features that Discord doesn’t have.

        Reply to more than 1 comment with only 1 of your messages. Tabs on the top similar to a browser, it’s just more natural for me than the sidebar shit.

        In the mean time I’m still probably gonna make a Matrix incase Root ever decides to pull a Discord.

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          Plus I just don’t like the name “Stoat.” xD “Get on Stoat bro” Sounds weird.

          This is actually the main reason I believe most of these discord alternatives have zero chance at becoming mainstream. Name is 75% of the success. Just think about it.