698 points by PaulKeeble | 356 comments
The Verge news article reporting Discord's statement that about 70,000 users may have had government ID photos leaked via a breached customer service provider.
370 points by robtherobber | 267 comments
Fortune article reporting that Discord dropped Peter Thiel-backed identity verification vendor Persona after its code was found tied to U.S. surveillance efforts.
1944 points by x01 | 1862 comments
The Verge news article reporting that Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access starting in March, with teen-appropriate defaults for all accounts.
379 points by jakey_bakey | 209 comments
Discord engineering blog post describing how the company migrated its trillions of stored messages from Cassandra to ScyllaDB, including Rust data services.
98 points by meetpateltech | 51 comments
Discord blog post explaining how the platform confirms users' age groups as part of teen safety measures while keeping the experience the same for adults.
415 points by kraktoos | 255 comments
A blog post arguing that Discord is a poor choice for a project's Q&A forum, citing chaotic message flow and terrible search and discoverability.