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.

      • AngryDeuce@lemmy.world
        20·
        6 months ago

        Ditto!

        Well that and they permabanned my 14 year old, 1million karma account for making a post that insinuated Donald is a pedophile that some MAGA got all upset about and they rejected my appeal.

        So…fuck em.

        • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
          4·
          6 months ago

          Mine was for suggesting Biden drone strike SCOTUS justices immediately after they ruled that the president is effectively above the law. I wasn’t advocating for Biden to do anything illegal! 🤣

        • Lucelu2@lemmy.zip
          3·
          6 months ago

          I stand with your 14 year old. Same thing happened to me (well, very similar, my message was more in that clot has just one job category).

        • Taldan@lemmy.world
          2·
          6 months ago

          I had a similar account that got banned for connecting to the wrong VPN endpoint. Clicked a random server from my VPN provider, suddenly my account was permanently banned with no ability to appeal

          Thinking it was just some issue on my end (it was a non-standard looking ban), I logged into another OG account of mine, which also promptly got perma-banned

          Extreme incompetence for them to be issuing perma-bans like that based on IP address

  • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    44·
    6 months ago

    in order to crack down on AI unprofitable bots

    I’m sure they’ll have no issues allowing bots that align with their interests

  • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radio
    36·
    6 months ago

    So when is this happening, so we can mentally and logistically prepare for the next influx of new users into the fediverse?

  • Ashrakal@lemmy.ml
    27·
    6 months ago

    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.

      • Ashrakal@lemmy.ml
        4·
        6 months ago

        Thank you! I’ve had the pleasure to notice Lemmy (or this particular instance) is more of an open thinker space, and that’s great to see. It really reminds me of the Internet before the corpos got their hands to squeeze every penny out of the average netizen.

  • teyrnon@sh.itjust.works
    19·
    6 months ago

    I’m glad they violated my account for a non violation and denied my appeal in the first week of opening a new account then. They aren’t trying to make their moderation believable, I’m persona non grata for whatever reasons, to appease the administration I presume.

    Fuck them, glad I stayed off. I kind of need the help on some stuff though, there just aren’t enough people or communities on here yet.

    • H3ckler26@lemmy.org
      2·
      6 months ago

      Dude………nobody was gonna tell me there’s an app? I’m over here on brave just chillin. 🤦🏼‍♂️

    • Atomic@sh.itjust.works
      43·
      6 months ago

      I agree for the most part. But everything isn’t just a different political view.

      You’re literally posting this in an instance where lots of people actively deny the extent of Stalins crimes. Justifying it as “some countries miss the soviet, so he can’t have been that bad” as if the Soviet ended with Stalin and didn’t continue on for decades after.

      I don’t know about you. But that is as far away from an echo chamber I think you can get.

  • Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
    213·
    6 months ago

    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.

    • ThisIsABlandUsername@lemmy.ml
      7·
      6 months ago

      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.

  • Taldan@lemmy.world
    14·
    6 months ago

    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?