Least trustworthy platform wants my ID for a bot's check mark https://peertube.wtf/videos/watch/c13c16f4-7511-4282-b61b-7fb29d9115f4 Discord recently asked me to verify my identity in order to verify my Discord bot, Emojia, a bot that helps Discord servers bypass the 50 custom emoji limit. I refuse. Even though the ID verification is done via Stripe, Discord can still access the verification data. With Discord's track record at leaking data and spying on you, I do not trust it with my ID (tbh, I don't trust any platform with my ID, for that matter.) Anyway, because of this, Emojia has lost the ability to read messages (different from slash commands,) which means it cannot detect recent emoji usage. You can bypass this by running your own instance of Emojia as a private Discord bot. Please check the README.md in the repository (source code) for instructions. Resources Emojia video: https://peertube.wtf/w/abqW9rN76vp8Kv7Fw2rzv4 Emojia source code: https://codeberg.org/NorthWestWind/emojia Background Music The Great Conductor's Gentle Light - Mario & Luigi: Brothership, Olivia's Bench - Paper Mario: The Origami King, Overlook Tower - Paper Mario: The Origami King, See more! Animation: https://peertube.wtf/c/northwestfork Stream VODs: https://youtube.com/@NorthWestStream Socials: https://northwestw.in/tree #discord #discordbot #privacy #developer #idverification #identityverification Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:03:08 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.wtf Least trustworthy platform wants my ID for a bot's check mark https://peertube.wtf/lazy-static/avatars/45856119-df14-4b5f-bff8-4807ae2cfbd2.png https://peertube.wtf/videos/watch/c13c16f4-7511-4282-b61b-7fb29d9115f4 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.wtf/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder. <![CDATA[Least trustworthy platform wants my ID for a bot's check mark - Joshua Mason (DFX4509B)]]> https://peertube.wtf/w/pRXUMdGxqBfCuY9n4bVUqL;threadId=94514 https://peertube.wtf/w/pRXUMdGxqBfCuY9n4bVUqL;threadId=94514 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:53:54 GMT Time to start looking into Matrix and XMPP as alternatives, because eventually Discord is probably gonna ID-wall the entire platform.

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