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This completely unintuitive trick also works on reddit.com.

• tablespoon 4y ago
  > This completely unintuitive trick also works on reddit.com. Honestly, it's not so much of a trick, but that the form is a dark pattern. IMHO, they probably really, really want to require email addresses to register, but are trying to avoid the backlash from power users (aka their content source) that would happen if there wasn't a workaround. Every time someone gets ticked off about this, there's probably a comment within 5 minutes with instructions, and all outrage energy drains away.
  • hddqsb 4y ago
    Agreed (in fact I referred to it as a dark pattern in another comment). @grumple pointed out that throwaway accounts that can't be easily linked to the poster are essential to some reddit communities, which may play a part in why this feature is still available.
• Sakos 4y ago
  Oh, interesting. Then it's just mobile where you can't skip it.
  • hddqsb 4y ago
    They appear to be A/B testing the email requirement. I tried reddit.com on desktop again just now, and in some sessions it lets me skip the email but in others it says the email is required.
    • Sakos 4y ago
      Ew. :/