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Russia Blocks Discord Over Legal Violations (www.devdiscourse.com)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

So ... how mad at Putin does this make Russian gamers? Mad at all? Do they care?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There are an estimated 30-40 million users is Russia, with the majority being men age 25-34. The overall goal is likely to criminalize it so they can be forced to enter military service or go to jail.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

criminalize it so they can be forced to enter military service or go to jail

Sorry if I've missed something obvious, but how does Discord being legal or not in any way influence conscription policies which ALREADY carried join-or-go-to-jail, enforced by the people who have the guns?

Like, I'm not seeing the relationship.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The mandatory conscription for men age 18-30 only lasts one year. This can force them back into military service and be used to enhance selective enforcement against dissidents.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Ah that makes a lot more sense: I had just assumed conscription was quite a lot longer than just a year for some reason.

It's certainly a good target if you wanted to criminalize the group of people you want to conscript since the overlap is probably pretty much 100%.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

They let criminals out of jail and send them to the meat grinder

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

It's fine, they use Dropbox to share classified info on the world of tanks forums

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Kinda mad, but this won't make them go on a Kremlin. I don't know what will.

Would still be way way worse if Steam got blocked.

Source: Russian gamer, talking to other Russian gamers