Skavau@piefed.social to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoReddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problemwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkReddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problemwww.engadget.comSkavau@piefed.social to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square8linkfedilinkfile-text
Steve Huffman, Reddit’s CEO, said that using biometrics is the “most lightweight way” to verify that it’s a human.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIn other words, they can’t distinguish bots vs humans for advertising revenue, so they’re going to sacrifice everyone’s anonymity and hope not enough people care.
In other words, they can’t distinguish bots vs humans for advertising revenue, so they’re going to sacrifice everyone’s anonymity and hope not enough people care.