Discord - PHONE VERIFIED?!

[Boss]

No, I'm not giving discord my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ phone number and having it permanently linked to it. What sort of police state discord is this? STOP.

This only crops up when the safety settings are shoved up to highest in the server settings. This is absolutely ridiculous. I won't permanently modify my account just for a single game.

Klei (Don't Starve's) official discord, State of Decay, 7 Days to Die, Outlast, From Soft's, Remnant's, League of Legends semi official (riot employees on it), Genshin, Darktide, GTFO... the list goes ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on. NONE OF THEM have this setting set to highest.

While I know my words are coming off harsh, I will not have my privacy violated permanently just for the allowance of a single official discord so I can chat with people about the state of the game as it currently is. Steam doesn't require it, Discord and Once Human certainly should not ask for it.

[stargit]

I left discord when MS bought it.

[TurboNuub]

Originally posted by stargit:

I left discord when MS bought it.

The ♥♥♥♥ you are on about? MS never bought discord,they wanted it but discord refused

[stargit]

Originally posted by TurboNuub:

Originally posted by stargit:

I left discord when MS bought it.

The ♥♥♥♥ you are on about? MS never bought discord,they wanted it but discord refused

I stand corrected.

Still glad I left....when is (insert name)game coming out? BAN
Just look what happened to the dead matter discord.

To me it's a place for the devs to hide and fan boys kiss each other.
All news and video and updates should be here on steam.

[Power]

Originally posted by Boss:

No, I'm not giving discord my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ phone number and having it permanently linked to it. What sort of police state discord is this? STOP.

This only crops up when the safety settings are shoved up to highest in the server settings. This is absolutely ridiculous. I won't permanently modify my account just for a single game.

Klei (Don't Starve's) official discord, State of Decay, 7 Days to Die, Outlast, From Soft's, Remnant's, League of Legends semi official (riot employees on it), Genshin, Darktide, GTFO... the list goes ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on. NONE OF THEM have this setting set to highest.

While I know my words are coming off harsh, I will not have my privacy violated permanently just for the allowance of a single official discord so I can chat with people about the state of the game as it currently is. Steam doesn't require it, Discord and Once Human certainly should not ask for it.

Then.... don't? You A: conform to the platform's requirement or B: don't use it?

How is this complicated? You know there are like.... free texting apps you can just get a free number on that has no link to you right? You have 100 options. 99 of them being "Resolve the issue" and somehow you picked "♥♥♥♥♥ about it on an online forum". Sheesh

[stargit]

Originally posted by Power:

Originally posted by Boss:

No, I'm not giving discord my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ phone number and having it permanently linked to it. What sort of police state discord is this? STOP.

This only crops up when the safety settings are shoved up to highest in the server settings. This is absolutely ridiculous. I won't permanently modify my account just for a single game.

Klei (Don't Starve's) official discord, State of Decay, 7 Days to Die, Outlast, From Soft's, Remnant's, League of Legends semi official (riot employees on it), Genshin, Darktide, GTFO... the list goes ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on. NONE OF THEM have this setting set to highest.

While I know my words are coming off harsh, I will not have my privacy violated permanently just for the allowance of a single official discord so I can chat with people about the state of the game as it currently is. Steam doesn't require it, Discord and Once Human certainly should not ask for it.

Then.... don't? You A: conform to the platform's requirement or B: don't use it?

How is this complicated? You know there are like.... free texting apps you can just get a free number on that has no link to you right? You have 100 options. 99 of them being "Resolve the issue" and somehow you picked "♥♥♥♥♥ about it on an online forum". Sheesh

If anyone uses free texting apps. They must be stupid..

My normal text app is encrypted.

Think I will go and read the T&C of discord concerning the phone number.
I mean if it ever gets hacked....everyone will have to change their number.

[Boss]

Originally posted by Power:

Originally posted by Boss:

No, I'm not giving discord my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ phone number and having it permanently linked to it. What sort of police state discord is this? STOP.

This only crops up when the safety settings are shoved up to highest in the server settings. This is absolutely ridiculous. I won't permanently modify my account just for a single game.

Klei (Don't Starve's) official discord, State of Decay, 7 Days to Die, Outlast, From Soft's, Remnant's, League of Legends semi official (riot employees on it), Genshin, Darktide, GTFO... the list goes ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on. NONE OF THEM have this setting set to highest.

While I know my words are coming off harsh, I will not have my privacy violated permanently just for the allowance of a single official discord so I can chat with people about the state of the game as it currently is. Steam doesn't require it, Discord and Once Human certainly should not ask for it.

Then.... don't? You A: conform to the platform's requirement or B: don't use it?

How is this complicated? You know there are like.... free texting apps you can just get a free number on that has no link to you right? You have 100 options. 99 of them being "Resolve the issue" and somehow you picked "♥♥♥♥♥ about it on an online forum". Sheesh

"Don't like it, leave" stupidity needs to stop.

Microtransactions are bad. Pretending "don't like it, don't buy" is sufficient is ridiculous and has allowed things like Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 to come about.

Despite your troll remark, the reason I care is because the discord is clearly being used as a feedback portal, with the ability to find people to coop with and test the game. It's useful.

Calling them out for the absurd discord security they implemented that COUNTLESS OTHER GAMES do not use is perfectly valid in my opinion.

[EvilHare]

Originally posted by Boss:

Originally posted by Power:

Then.... don't? You A: conform to the platform's requirement or B: don't use it?

How is this complicated? You know there are like.... free texting apps you can just get a free number on that has no link to you right? You have 100 options. 99 of them being "Resolve the issue" and somehow you picked "♥♥♥♥♥ about it on an online forum". Sheesh

"Don't like it, leave" stupidity needs to stop.

Microtransactions are bad. Pretending "don't like it, don't buy" is sufficient is ridiculous and has allowed things like Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 to come about.

Despite your troll remark, the reason I care is because the discord is clearly being used as a feedback portal, with the ability to find people to coop with and test the game. It's useful.

Calling them out for the absurd discord security they implemented that COUNTLESS OTHER GAMES do not use is perfectly valid in my opinion.

Have you ever wonder if it is cause they have to? Conspiring about thing without full info shows only one thing.

Google Discord class action lawsuit

[Boss]

Originally posted by EvilHare:

Originally posted by Boss:

"Don't like it, leave" stupidity needs to stop.

Microtransactions are bad. Pretending "don't like it, don't buy" is sufficient is ridiculous and has allowed things like Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 to come about.

Despite your troll remark, the reason I care is because the discord is clearly being used as a feedback portal, with the ability to find people to coop with and test the game. It's useful.

Calling them out for the absurd discord security they implemented that COUNTLESS OTHER GAMES do not use is perfectly valid in my opinion.

Have you ever wonder if it is cause they have to? Conspiring about thing without full info shows only one thing.

Google Discord class action lawsuit

Given. Again. Games like LEAGUE OF LEGENDS do not implement this, Or GTFO. Or Outlast Trials, or Darktide, or...

They don't have to. And even if there WAS a class action lawsuit, taking my private and personal data and saving it permanently seems... Oh. I don't know. Way. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Worse.

Remember Sony?

[EvilHare]

Originally posted by Boss:

Originally posted by EvilHare:

Have you ever wonder if it is cause they have to? Conspiring about thing without full info shows only one thing.

Google Discord class action lawsuit

Given. Again. Games like LEAGUE OF LEGENDS do not implement this, Or GTFO. Or Outlast Trials, or Darktide, or...

They don't have to. And even if there WAS a class action lawsuit, taking my private and personal data and saving it permanently seems... Oh. I don't know. Way. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Worse.

Remember Sony?

I can tell you did not read why.

Considering many of them relate to why knowing your info is a must. I question your reasoning system. It's as if you are part of the problem they want to solve.

[Boss]

Originally posted by EvilHare:

Originally posted by Boss:

Given. Again. Games like LEAGUE OF LEGENDS do not implement this, Or GTFO. Or Outlast Trials, or Darktide, or...

They don't have to. And even if there WAS a class action lawsuit, taking my private and personal data and saving it permanently seems... Oh. I don't know. Way. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Worse.

Remember Sony?

I can tell you did not read why.

Considering many of them relate to why knowing your info is a must. I question your reasoning system. It's as if you are part of the problem they want to solve.

I don't understand what this is even supposed to mean.

I'm part of the problem for wanting my highly personal information (phone number) to remain personal and private?

Mate. There's bigger discords, all that are official that don't implement this.

[DEDloc_©]

No idea wtf you're even talking about.
Been in their discord for weeks and have never been asked for my phone number.

::EDIT:: Just checked and they still don't care about my phone number LOL

[-shhfiftyfive]

i'm a disabled vet. stuck at home. no reason to have a cell phone bill. thus i couldn't even verify if i wanted to. (i have a land line, no texting)

[Boss]

Originally posted by DEDloc_©:

No idea wtf you're even talking about.
Been in their discord for weeks and have never been asked for my phone number.

::EDIT:: Just checked and they still don't care about my phone number LOL

Join the discord with a second account and see. Maybe it didn't when you entered, but it does now.

[KamelittaOida]

who cares, just validate your account. it's one way to counter trolls, spammers, scammers and the rest.

It's also less stress on the mods.

[Rogue]

I think either the server's host set it as a requirement (Game publisher forces the setting, not Discord)

Or your ip address or recent discord activities, typically questionable, triggered their auto bot to force a phone verification (This is related to Discord). Typically an email verification is enough... Discord mobile app might be another story.

Either case, you just do it or don't. Otherwise, full karen mode, visit every other forums or whatever websites and whine about it but in the end... Nothing will change.