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Reddit and FaceID Verification (thelemmy.club)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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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.

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[–] 9 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Is there a reason to expect bots won't overwhelm Lemmy as well?

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Most likely, they will. They are not elikely to infect larger instances. Smaller instances will spot them and ban them, I hope.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Why do you expect they will be unlikely to infect larger instances?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    They will still infect them but they will be more obvious.

    An unusual comment, you don't know it's a bot.

    Hundreds of unusual comments and doesn't engage with the local community. It's a bot.

    It's partly why online discourse is toxic. There is a disconnect with th real world and online and no social stigma. On a small community instances there is.

    The problem though, will be trying to manage which isntances need to be blocked as they are rampant with bota. If the fediverse grows and there are lots of smaller communities,.it will be harder to keep track. Currently it's small and most instances with active users are familiar.

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