Reddit and FaceID Verification
2026-03-23 13:53 UTC
Replies (40)
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@MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 2026-03-23 14:02
There's no way they want to eliminate bot traffic, it would kill 2/3rds of their traffic instantly. So this just means, "bots that aren't paying us."
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@eager_eagle@lemmy.world 2026-03-23 13:59
> in order to crack down on ~~AI~~ unprofitable bots I'm sure they'll have no issues allowing bots that align with their interests
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@SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 2026-03-23 23:03
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@chunes@lemmy.world 2026-03-23 17:46
Requiring face ID AFTER genAI has become great at generating faces is certainly a decision
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@mwdc1039@lemmy.world 2026-03-24 12:59
I'm a new lemmy user because of this
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@vk6flab@lemmy.radio 2026-03-23 14:04
So when is this happening, so we can mentally and logistically prepare for the next influx of new users into the fediverse?
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@Ashrakal@lemmy.ml 2026-03-24 19:06
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.
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@NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 2026-03-24 06:39
Im sure the website that sold userdata to every single AI company to train their models on wouldn't ever even think of selling the faces of every one of its users to a company to train its AI face generator on. Or that the website which accidentally admitted "the most reddit addicted city" is an air force base that hosts their online counterintelligence teams... Where was I going with this? Hmm must be nothing.
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@Formfiller@lemmy.world 2026-03-24 20:32
BREAKING NEWS! Reddit figured out how to make their platform even shittier
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@biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-23 14:08
Lemmyflation is real
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@onlinepersona@programming.dev 2026-03-23 13:54
Do it. I can't wait for it.
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@quick_snail@feddit.nl 2026-03-23 16:03
Inb4 bots pass this and my face is rejected
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@Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 2026-03-24 09:16
I mean, requiring FaceID is a horrible idea, but there *maybe* might be a [better alternative](https://world.org/world-id) (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.
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@davel@lemmy.ml 2026-03-23 14:52
My laptop’s TPM requires a pint of blood to allow booting to an OS. Two pints if it’s Linux.
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@dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-24 12:49
The real problem was third party clients I swear
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@gurty@lemmy.world 2026-03-24 21:53
Watch /r/politics posts go from 22k upvotes to 3k upvotes overnight.
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@marighost@piefed.social 2026-03-23 15:07
Lemme get this straight >foster a website that encourages engagement instead of real human interaction >bots flood the website to farm engagement with months and years-old reposts >obliterate your API support, causing an exodus of users that use 3rd party apps >slowly hemorrhage users while going IPO with your bot site >now mandate id checks so we can weed out the bots that made your IPO look so good Genius play by Spez. (/s)
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@ceenote@lemmy.world 2026-03-23 14:50
I don't care, because reddit, but this makes me wonder if you can just have an AI generate a generic face and feed that in. It's obviously not about bots. Isn't spez friendly with Peter Thiel?
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@Taldan@lemmy.world 2026-03-24 15:55
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?
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@kaotic@lemmy.world 2026-03-24 15:48
So glad I ditched reddit.
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@teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-23 16:17
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.
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@MortUS@lemmy.world 2026-03-24 03:24
More lowkey polymarket advertisements. Why is it the only place I see polymarket is on Lemmy screenshots?
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@pineapple@lemmy.ml 2026-03-23 22:24
get ready for an influx of users to Lemmy I guess.
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@Lagviper@lemmy.zip 2026-03-24 22:32
This data surely goes straight to Palentir
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@Pika@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-23 14:21
What pisses me off about that statement is that it won't even fix the bots. It's public knowledge that most of the bots on the platform are intentional to maintain the image that the site is super popular still, which means those accounts would just get manually verified and skip the process.
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@dotCody@lemmy.world 2026-03-24 07:02
Fuck /u/spez
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@zebidiah@lemmy.ca 2026-03-24 12:45
how many of us noped the fuck outa there when they tried to force their garbage app on us...? this will only hasten it's demise.
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@BilSabab@lemmy.world 2026-03-24 09:20
Reddit should crack down on human users instead! Let Reddit be AI Bot Exclusive space!
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@stumu415@lemmy.zip 2026-03-24 02:14
They want to turn Reddit into a rightwing echo chamber. Lately there are so many comments on lemmy about people getting perma banned, including myself, for breaking rule 1. However in most cases, like myself, only made a comment without any harm or even a reference to violence. I only commented that ICE can forget about their payments and bonuses and that in 3 years time, they'll be sucking immigrant cock behind a Wendy's. That got me a perma ban after 15 years on Reddit. All these tech bros are bending the knee and getting taken from behind. Such short term thinking will become their downfall. If this happens, it'll be a good thing for Lemmy.
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@GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2026-03-24 06:46
Reddit CEO: "What? We can't sell user data on our increasingly punitive and terrible site because the bots keep fucking up the models trained on that data? Hold my beer..."
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@blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-23 15:29
People who make bots will adapt to this more easily than human users will, obviously.
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@Bosht@lemmy.world 2026-03-23 18:30
Dead internet theory becoming more true by the day. I mean, it was already true, now it's just more true.
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@AnotherUsername@lemmy.ml 2026-03-24 13:25
I would tell folks on Reddit to come to the fediverse but I deleted all my reddit accounts.
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@texture@lemmy.world 2026-03-24 23:10
never been happier to have been banned for no reason at all
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@aReallyCrunchyLeaf@lemmy.ml 2026-03-24 17:27
thank god, i need a kick in the ass to get off that poisonous slop
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@webdoodle@lemmy.ml 2026-03-23 15:00
*** Except Reddit and partner owned bots, which will then have no competition for your attention. Reddit is a pay to play psyop network, nothing more, nothing less.
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@LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 2026-03-24 15:37
If the massive waves of permabans they have been doing for anti-trumpers weren't enough, this should kill the website entirely.
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@cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2026-03-24 01:37
Unless it's THEIR AI bots, right?
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@BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2026-03-24 12:24
Reddit has had a big problem for a long time, and it has probably only gotten worse. I wouldn't know, because I, an actual human with an opinion, was permabanned in the post-Inauguration bloodbath. So let the bots run wild, and finish destroying Reddit.
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@Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 2026-03-24 00:57
I see the rationale, dead internet theory and all. The problem is that if this happened, I 100% believe Reddit would form a partnership with the US government or oil companies to put bots on their platform and spread misinformation.