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You used to be able to do this, but e-mail has been required for some time. Over on Lemmy, it is the instance operator's choice whether or not to require e-mai
by uabstraction 3y ago
You used to be able to do this, but e-mail has been required for some time.
Over on Lemmy, it is the instance operator's choice whether or not to require e-mail, but most instances currently do as a measure to mitigate bot signups.
- Sprocklem 3y agoAt least on old reddit, you can click "next" when it asks you for your email to skip that step.
- Seattle3503 3y agoMy experience has been your account will quickly get shadowbanned if you don't provide email.
- johnnyanmac 3y agoI've even used burner emails and have been shadowbanned. email-less account definitely wouldn't get traction.
- Seattle3503 3y agoThis was also my experience when I tried to register a custom domain. The only thing that worked for me was using a Gmail account that I had used with other, older, accounts.
- o_cho 3y agoYeah, unfortunately, it only works on old reddit. It's quite amusing to see how they treat old and new reddit as entirely different platforms.