It’s been about 10 days since Discord revealed that it would be implementing its controversial age verification and “Teen-by-Default” stance globally after a test run in the UK and Australia. The news was met with a severe backlash from its massive community.
Users flooded social channels like Reddit and X with posts talking about canceled Nitro subscriptions, deleted accounts, and Discord alternatives, causing Discord to go into damage control mode.

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