Reddit CEO says facial verification may be introduced. Ostensibly to prevent bots.
But we all know how dangerous this can be. But most likely Reddit users will just accept it.
Although they have a great free analogue right under their noses - Lemmy. Which is many times better than its competitor.
I wish more people would discover Lemmy, but that’s unlikely.
BREAKING NEWS! Reddit figured out how to make their platform even shittier
I’m a new lemmy user because of this
I made the switch to Lemmy today, feels old school kind of good.
Reddit is not only allowing for bots to run rampant, but also it’s managed by the Epstein class and their supporters.
Watch /r/politics posts go from 22k upvotes to 3k upvotes overnight.
They made it easier for bots to thrive by allowing hidden post histories, limiting the API, and punishing users for “bad” reports, but claim they need face ID to filter out bots?
The real problem was third party clients I swear
So glad I ditched reddit.
This data surely goes straight to Palentir
I mean, requiring FaceID is a horrible idea, but there maybe might be a better alternative (I’m talking about the general idea of a “proof of humanity” online, not specifically using this solution).
The fact of the matter is that bots are a massive issue online. When russia got sanctioned and cut off from the western Internet, r/Conservative went radio silent for a couple of days - until they figured out how to VPN through the Netherlands. There are whole communities where bots discuss bot-posted content. And I have no doubt in my mind that it will also happen on Lemmy as soon as there’s even a hint of profit* to be found.
* “profit” not as in “monetary gain”, but as “any kind of gain, be it money, influence, propaganda, chaos”, etc., etc.
Every so often r/conservative traffic dies down and the subreddit turns much more centrist. It’s never liberal by any stretch but you’ll actually see lots of criticism poke through. Same thing happens with r/politics occasionally. Reddit is just astroturfed so heavily that there isn’t a point to it anymore. You have worse than a coinflips odds on replying to an actual human.
Worldcoin requires you to use their Orb device to sign up, and you can buy a verified account for $20.
how many of us noped the fuck outa there when they tried to force their garbage app on us…? this will only hasten it’s demise.
never been happier to have been banned for no reason at all
I used to assume most of the bots belonged to Reddit. I still do, too.
Reddit should crack down on human users instead! Let Reddit be AI Bot Exclusive space!
thank god, i need a kick in the ass to get off that poisonous slop
If the massive waves of permabans they have been doing for anti-trumpers weren’t enough, this should kill the website entirely.
