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Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet (nymag.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I am already browsing the "old way", since the mess with reddit...

I found out there is a forum for everything. It's not centralized in one website, but it's not that different than browsing /r/whatever you know.

More often than not, the discussions are more intelligent and on point too.

For my doom-scrolling needs, Lemmy does the job.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Lemmy will be pressured into age verification also and most hosts will crumble. $50M per caught infraction is wild.

    We gonna end up going back to libraries. Which actually would be cool as fuck. Like Yentl when all those dudes are hanging out in a big ass room talking philosophy. It'll re-spark the postal service. Live music will thrive. Coz everyone will be like fuck the internet, we'll do it live.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Lemmy will be pressured into age verification also and most hosts will crumble.

    Then just self host

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    ah ha! Guess that's how we beat the system. People would need to sub to your instance though for you to post content right?

    What would the pros and cons be?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    People would need to sub to your instance though for you to post content right?

    I think there is some way to automatically forward your content but I don't self host and am not an expert.

    Pros are that while you could be "defederated", you can't be banned. You make any decisions and could also let others use your system.

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