> Why is everyone in this thread so okay with more surveillance?

Sentiment on hacker news is surprisingly split on age verification as an abstract concept. There are always a lot of posts in favor of age verification.

I’ve tried engaging with some of them and it usually reveals a belief that age verification will only apply to certain sites they don’t use and don’t want other people using easily: Facebook, porn sites, TikTok, Instagram and the like.

As soon as age verification comes too close to services we might use, like Discord, the sentiment turns to complete outrage.