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I still don't understand why, after having grown to a sufficient size, Reddit doesn't just enforce two-factor at account creation time. Tie a user to a phone nu
by mark242 10y ago
I still don't understand why, after having grown to a sufficient size, Reddit doesn't just enforce two-factor at account creation time. Tie a user to a phone number at the very least.
- detaro 10y agosounds like a surefire way to get rid of most of their user base.
- wu-ikkyu 10y agoA lot of people would rather not give reddit their phone number.
- schwap 10y agoThat seems to me to pretty severely contravene reddit's basic philosophy.
- binarymax 10y agoBecause having anonymity on public forums is important.
- smrtinsert 10y agoThese days it seems like an illusion with respect to government oversight, and having a username is a simple way to anonymize yourself against your peers. I'm all for it since it seems like it would reduce trolling.
- thomasahle 10y agoIt seems that every time somebody have wanted to find out who a user is, for lynching say, it hasn't been a big problem to find out who people are?
- jstanley 10y agoTying a user to a phone number does nothing but invade the privacy of most users, and slightly increase the costs for those who value their privacy. Source: at https://smsprivacy.org/ https://smsprivacy.org/ I run an online service offering completely anonymous phone numbers for ~£3/mo. And note that you only need 1 month in order to get the account validated. Most places check the phone number once at account creation time and then never again.
- thomasahle 10y agoIt also has the effect of increasing the price of running 1000 bots to £3000/mo.
- jacalata 10y agoNo, £3000 startup cost, not monthly cost.
- williamscales 10y agoMetafilter had a great system. If you want to register an account, you pay $5 toward site maintenance. Presumably this would heavily discourage bots while still allowing folks to maintain alt accounts.
- jdubs 10y agoToo much signup friction, that would go against the status quo of growth = revenue.
- nerfhammer 10y agonovelty accounts are a part of the culture
- phn 10y agoThey don't even require an e-mail address. A great thing about reddit if you ask me.
- hashhar 10y agoReddit's model has anonymity at it's very core. I follow a lot of things on the site and speak a lot about things about which if my parents or my family knew it would be embarassing. Not bad things, but simply things like /r/TIFU.
- gdulli 10y agoReddit being a cesspool due to anonymity and its established userbase is its DNA. A service like you describe wouldn't be a bad idea, but it wouldn't be Reddit.