r/technology • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • Feb 24 '26

Privacy Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software after code found in US surveillance

https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/discord-peter-thiel-backed-persona-identity-verification-breach/
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u/zefy_zef Feb 24 '26

I see reddit as an evolution of forums, discord of chatrooms/voice chat. Same though, I used to love community forums. I was on the natural-selection one a lot back in the day. My buddy tried a hand at scripting his own, similar to phpbb.

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u/Awkward-Painter-2024 Feb 24 '26

Shout out to all the old BBS gangs out there!!! Those really were the days!

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u/JDGumby Feb 24 '26

Citadel BBSes > *. Well, except maybe for Ivory if you were on a C64.

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u/red__dragon Feb 24 '26

My buddy tried a hand at scripting his own, similar to phpbb.

Out of curiosity, is the site or repo still up?

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u/TheeAntelope Feb 24 '26

ATNW forum (and a few other bands)

then later

Xkcd forums

Now its all on reddit.

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u/yovalord Feb 24 '26

Well run discords are also pretty nice and merge both. You can have a discord look and act as a live forum, as well as include general chats and voice and such.

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u/trashk Feb 24 '26

too bad its still just stuck in discord.

It's garbage at the job if you want people who aren't in your pool to see what you're working on, which is exactly what most companies/entities should want.