Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass • Hacker News Board

Re: Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass

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Post by cowboylowrez » Sun, Feb 15, 2026, 1:27 PM UTC

hsbauauvhabzb wrote: post #484

cowboylowrez wrote: post #483

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purchasing alcohol must be a dream come true for them lol

Weird jump between voicing your political points online and which beer you prefer, but okay.

sorry, I probably needed to spell it out for you, when you buy an 18+ or 21+ age limited product, you have to physically show up for it and show your id. registering to vote is also pretty age limited. Now at least for the alcohol thing, parents I think can actually give their kids drinks and get away with it if they don't get caught heh I remember my dad gave me my first beer but you can rest assured that if I proceeded to be knocking back my brothers secret stash of 90 proof shit on the regular in front of my dad, well shit would have turned out pretty much the same as when my brother ratted me out for stealing his own hash pipe lol

oops forgot to mention, you can check the potential internet customer's id also at the time of purchasing the internet connection or obtaining a wifi login. I hope that I've clarified the similarity here and that there was actually no "Weird jump between voicing my political points online and which beer I prefer"

Re: Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass

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Post by palata » Tue, Feb 17, 2026, 8:47 AM UTC

LoganDark wrote: post #404

palata wrote: post #375

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> The reaction to Discord age verification fiasco once again makes me believe that HN users just don’t have friends. There is no alternative for Discord Are you saying that people who don't talk to their friends over Discord don't have friends? Is that a statement you genuinely find reasonable?

They're saying people with friends generally don't have access to them all on one single alternative platform, like they might with Discord.

No no, they say "HN users just don’t have friends".

Re: Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass

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Post by subscribed » Fri, Feb 20, 2026, 12:39 AM UTC

notpushkin wrote: post #190

subscribed wrote: post #48

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If you aren't obviously adult then yeah. Where do you live so there are no laws on selling the alcohol to children?

There are laws, but in many countries they are not strictly enforced. In Japan, buying beer in the self checkout lane will just give you an “are you over 20?” prompt, no verification: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46227987

Interesting, thank you!

Re: Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass

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Post by pests » Sat, Feb 21, 2026, 5:40 AM UTC

nvesp wrote: post #474

miki123211 wrote: post #327

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It's weird how different and hyper-local the social media landscape was back then. It's not just that every country had their own thing, it's also that they were all very different concepts and ideas. Poland's social media of choice was "Nasza Klasa" (lit. "Our Class"), the American alternative was called "Classmates" as far as I know. It was intended as a service that let you re-unite with your old classmates, desig…

Most of my local friends here in the united states were really into LiveJournal and Xanga for a couple years before myspace went live. That might have been more the younger crowds scene though.

I was born in late 80s, NE USA. I remember it being LiveJournal, Tumblr, Myspace, Foursquare for early check ins, and pre-app text-only twitter, mostly used as a massive group chat with a huge IRL friend group. Newgrounds Forums. GameFaqs Forums. Lots of forums for every topic. I was just turning an adult by the time FB released to college kids, I thought myspace was never going to get dethroned.