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Reddit adds labeling for non-human accounts, weighs personhood verification methods— Billions of bots no boon for messy human messaging platform (www.biometricupdate.com)
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[–] GutterRat42@lemmy.world 2 points 21 minutes ago

r/conservative is going to lose so much engagment

[–] winni@piefed.social 1 points 21 minutes ago

maybe we get it all wrong and reddit is for ai slop only, all human accounts will be banned.
Ok its already pure ai slop

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 17 points 2 hours ago

The post mentions World ID as an example of a third-party service that used biometrics as a basis to prove humanness, and says “the internet needs verification solutions like this, where your account information, usage data, and identity never mix.”

Yup, knew it. This is all just an excuse to get Sam Altman to scan your eyeballs

[–] db2@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

[–] Klear@quokk.au 3 points 56 minutes ago

I've always been saying "Fuck Spez", but... not like this!

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

What stops someone from validating an account, then posting using a bot?

[–] MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I don't necessarily support this, but I feel like this at least adds a barrier to a single person setting up hundreds of bot accounts easily. Similar to locking your doors, it just adds friction to those that would otherwise not put a lot of effort in. People can still break into your house/run a bot farm, but this makes it just that much more difficult. Again, I don't really support doing this, and it's definitely not being done for user's benefit, but it will likely have some impact on botting.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago

but I feel like this at least adds a barrier to a single person setting up hundreds of bot accounts easily

Cheap labor from scam centers in India has entered the chat

[–] 20cello@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Le reddit police i guess

[–] THE_GR8_MIKE@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

They're too busy protecting nazis to be good at the rest of their "job."