#arbitration

[euuzaik]

OPT OUT OF DISCORD'S NEW ARBITRATION CLAUSE

I'm sure many people in the U.S. have seen discord's new terms of service thing pop up today, April 15th 2024, but haven't actually read it. this is an update to make it so you can't sue them or participate in any class actions against them. these kinds of agreements should be illegal and stuff but they aren't so here we are. there's no easy button to click that says opt out. to opt out you have to email their arbitration opt-out email, [email protected], with the following subject and message:

subject: Opt-out notice

body:

I, (your legal name), decline the agreement to arbitrate in Discord's Terms of Service updated March 15, 2024 for any and all accounts I have or use, past and present, and those that I create, have, or use in the future, regardless of their association with this email.

Please acknowledge your receipt of this opt-out notice in writing by replying to this email.

(your legal name)

[valeyardx]

They saw romana and decided to base her entire character around a whumptober prompt list

[i-would-like-a-jelly-baby]

“That is a very stupid part of the constitution” - doesn’t that just perfectly sum up all of gallifreyan politics?

[lerios]

"i miss him. our braxiatel 🥺"

romana is so lucky original brax can't hear her because he would become insufferable (affectionate) about that.

[loveable-sea-lemon]

opt out before May 15, 2024 by emailing [email protected]

email template from reddit:

"Dear Discord,

By this email, dated XXXXXX, I am opting out of the agreement to arbitrate as authorized by the new changes to the Discord Terms of Service Agreement.

I DO NOT AGREE TO THE AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE FOR THE ACCOUNT(S) LISTED/DESCRIBED BELOW:

kelvinwop#6523

with email: [email protected]

and SMS: 218-XXX-XXXX

Please let me know immediately if there is additional information needed to implement my opt-out request. Finally, I would like to ask for written confirmation that you have received and processed this notice.

Sincerely,

XXXXXX XXXX"

[thefloralmenace]

If you'd told me I'd start May by covertly delivering medical supplies to protestors and preparing to take an international company to arbitration over the way it uses AI and bot tools when dealing with small artists, I would've said "fucking probably," because that's just the way things are going right now.

[gotyouanyway]

attention bajoran workers

[itshype]

Anyone who wants to opt out of Discord's new arbitration policy (if you've accepted them and you're in the USA, you've accepted that policy.) You have 30 days to email them.

I do encourage people to read the ToS themselves if this will affect them but essentially, if you want to sue them in the future for less than $10k the case will go through an arbitrator and you have waived your right to a jury trial.

Opt-out. You can decline this agreement to arbitrate by emailing an opt-out notice to [email protected] within 30 days of 15 April 2024 or when you first register your Discord account, whichever is later, otherwise, you shall be bound to arbitrate disputes in accordance with the terms of these paragraphs. If you opt out of these arbitration provisions, Discord also will not be bound by them.

Now, they don't say exactly what needs to be included in the email, however, Discord's parent company 'Take Two' put this clause into the ToS of a video game they also own back in 2019. In the ToS for that game they go into some details about what was required to opt-out. I am NOT a lawyer, but I have made a template for the opt-out email based on that older boilerplate, and my general understanding of new current ToS. Here is the link to my template.