Skavau@piefed.social to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoReddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problemwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up186arrow-down1external-linkReddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problemwww.engadget.comSkavau@piefed.social to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-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-up28·2 days 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.
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoNah I am sure they can, but they don’t want to admit it to advertisers because that would cut their revenues
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.
Nah I am sure they can, but they don’t want to admit it to advertisers because that would cut their revenues