The discord has receded a previous decision to completely ban NSFW servers from their iPhone and iPad apps.
The company changed the guidelines when accessing NSFW content after experiencing a sharp decline in its users. The ban now only applies to servers specifically focused on explicit pornographic content, including any server “organized” around NSFW topics or where most of the server is engaged in content of 18 or more. Individual channels designated as NSFW are still accessible, but only behind an age option.
When asked for a statement on the latest change, Discord responded with the following statement, along with links to supporting articles. users i server owners:
Our goal is always to keep Discord safe, especially for younger users. Last week we introduced additional controls to ensure that minors are not exposed to content that is not appropriate for them according to App Store guidelines. We realized that the community had a lot of questions and we wanted to clarify our position and which servers will be affected or not. These updates are detailed in our support articles for users and server owners. We will continue to work with server owners and our partners and notify all server owners to let them know which of their servers are affected.
Discord will continue to comb through servers and channels to ensure they adhere to the new designations. Work is also underway on a feature that allows servers to identify themselves as NSFW.
Discord had initially tightened its restrictions on NSFW content to meet those of Apple Guidelines for iOS developers, which allow “incidental” NSFW content as long as it is only displayed after the user specifically chooses But instead of requiring an old gate, if any, Discord banned adult iOS users from accessing any NSFW content of any kind. The company then tried to turn its attention to Apple for its restrictive content policies in the App Store.
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This annoyed communities of people who rely on Discord to generate revenue or get involved with their followers. Kink artists, furry groups, and other affiliated communities felt especially affected by NSFW politics. An artist, A. Szabla, explained it to him Rolling rock how the ban would have negatively affected queer communities that use Discord to organize:
With the bans on NSFW, I often see a lot of queer art and queer people trying to see or create this work to better connect with their own genres and identities, feeling the most affected and losing business and income because of those excessive. decisions of technology companies.
It took a week until Discord softened its stance on banning IOS, perhaps as a show of faith to its users. However, there are still rumors that reverberate on social media that the company’s recent moves have been motivated in part by appealing as a safe investment tor potential buyers, with Microsoft is the leader.
Discord has no past net, which is why there have been so many recent changes in the terms of use of adult communities. The chat app, which launched in 2015, has a history of allowing offensive content, such as child pornography, to circulate across the platform with few consequences, along with other disturbing content and extremist material. It still is does not offer parental controls, but points users to guide to use the built-in security and privacy features to maintain security.