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Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive (signal.org)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (8 children)

identity verification is trash anyways, we don't need it

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    The article says it's to limit spam. I don't feel platforms like Lemmy (or the other platform) are particularly spammy though. On the other hand I get a lot more spam on Whatsapp, even though it's phone number bound.

    Signal is pretty good in terms of limited spam, but I'm curious about the impact if they A/B test the removal and see how much spam would arise. Obviously that could only be implemented after they remove the need to add contact via phone number.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    If more people joined Lemmy you’d see the amount of spam this place would get. Now it’s only a bunch of nerds who will quickly report any spammy activity. It’s a small “friendly” community for now.

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

    If you go to Reddit which is more popular for bots certain subs are completely filled with spam and votebots. r/worldnews is like a giant circle of pro IDF bots jerking eachother off. LSF became a shitshow too.

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