Fully aware that everyone hates the new age verification update it's crowbarring in, Discord has doubled down in a post that's come right as the company confirms new gambling ads being served to the users it simply must age-protect.
Discord co-founder and CTO Stanislav Vishnevskiy previously apologized for the my-way-or-the-highway positioning of the new age restriction policy. In a September 23 Twitter post, the Discord account, acknowledging that the rollout has seen numerous bugs, writes: "When you launch an extremely popular age assurance update that everyone on Discord was really looking forward to and it has bugs."
The responses to this post, at 5.6 million views by Twitter's metrics, would make a sailor look away. "Are we fuckin serious," replies one user. "No we are so fckin sarcastic," answers the Discord account. It's not helping, folks.
Discord says it's fixed two of the new system's nastiest bugs: one blocking verified adults from accessing age-restricted servers (who could have predicted this), and another seemingly preventing Discord accounts and verification levels from syncing across devices.
when you launch an extremely popular age assurance update that everyone on Discord was really looking forward to and it has bugs https://t.co/I9dVu9ZhET pic.twitter.com/BLAz9fWTSnSeptember 24, 2026
"We’re taking a deliberate, user-first approach to evolving our ads business to add genuine value that connects naturally with our users' sports, gaming and entertainment interests," a Discord spokesperson says.
The company seems to think that this sort of sports betting app, the likes of which have positively parasitized America in the past decade, is fine compared to conventional gambling. "Discord's policies still prohibit ads for traditional real-money gaming, including casinos and sportsbooks," the company adds.
هەفتانە هەرسکردنەکان، چیرۆکەکانی ئەو کۆمەڵگایانەی کە خۆشت دەوێن و زۆر شتی تر
سەرچاوەی فەرمی بە زمانی ئینگلیزی: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/discord-admits-its-taking-gambling-sponsors-rushes-to-fix-extremely-popular-age-assurance-update-that-everyone-on-discord-was-really-looking-forward-to
