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SMS and email verification aren't really for spam prevention though, they're for user tracking/advertising. Otherwise they would only require the verification t
by yomlica8 3y ago
SMS and email verification aren't really for spam prevention though, they're for user tracking/advertising. Otherwise they would only require the verification to send or post, not just read. And they wouldn't use dark patterns and extortion like tactics to get you to cough the info up instead of putting the requirement front and center.
- kornhole 3y agoThis may be true of many corporate platforms, but this article describes what was done with a Mastodon instance. Mastodon instances are generally commercial/advertising free. This and my social media instances are not trying to harvest any data or identify people. The main intent of the email verification is to allow password sets and resets, but it provides some small impediment for spammers. Little is foolproof to stopping spammers, but we can mitigate.
- OfSanguineFire 3y agoIn addition to Mastodon as the other poster mentions, Signal (obviously not a business tracking/advertising users) will require a mobile number to sign up even after usernames are rolled out, all in the name of spam prevention.