Thanks.

It is all just bs what they tell you. They claim to look at posts and comments, your email address, domain and general behaviour. This email address is about 20yo, runs over a private domain and my comments over the past few years run deep into the political and I've referenced my career several times.
There's no way you can suspect me a minor based on my available data.

Data mining is where it's at. It's just sad to see the internet of yore slowly getting destroyed by nefarious interests though I am grateful to see communities also fight back.

To be clear, I am pro-child protection but the measures offered won't do that but will do harm towards everyone. I am fairly certain I don't have to explain that here.

define "tankie" :D

I find them endlessly entertaining

Age verification is extremely valuable to social media platforms: it lets them charge more for ad impressions via better ad targeting.

It's an easy way for them to make even more money. Meta is just outright evil. I never joined Whatsapp or Instagram, no matter how annoyed it makes the people around me, and I was on FB for a brief while because of a specific community but the platform is just toxic even if you very selectively engage with it. And this was about a decade ago, it's only gotten worse since.

I am just angry with our European leaders who are massively dropping the ball and now even venture into anti-democratic tricks to push things through that have been defeated multiple times already.

Corporations have historically always been in bed with fascism. It didn't end well for them then and it won't end well for them now.

I won't deny the memes can be fun and engaging in their own way. I've seen posts beginning with a meme developing into something much more meaningful. Generally though I am a political animal through and through and spend a lot of time 'observing society'. It feels like Lemmy can be a nice fit for me.

It's my plan to stick around and be an active member, need to find my footing a bit but I am given a welcome I didn't expect which is encouraging.

Thanks, happy to be here!

Well, the purge seems to be happening. It was sort of weird because I was verified and then I wasn't and then I was and then I wasn't. But until this afternoon I could at least access the non-NSFW part of Reddit, even this morning without issue. Suddenly I can't even access (or delete) my own profile.

My biggest concern is that community falling apart.

But indeed, in general I am wary of these third party providers but Personal especially. It's not going to happen. As such, the end of Reddit for me. I am a little sad about it but glad I have options of reaching the few people important to me otherwise.

In the end it's probably for the best but I'd like to have made that decision myself.

Be off Reddit now because that's piece of shit Nazi spez is already sharing your entire account contents with palantir. The things they can discern from your comments are scary. Delete them and get off the platform.

Not saying that isn't the case but do you have any sources that show Palantir is directly involved?

I don't know where you are in the world but in the EU this should not be legal without explicit consent. Of course that may matter little but in theory there are laws against this.