Comment on Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view many types of content
shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
If a website requires me to verify my age, I’ll stop using that website. If an app requires it, I’ll either stop using that app, or use a VPN, but there’s no way in hell I’m doing the verification process.
PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 21 hours ago
I think this might be a massive gift to people who want the internet to remain free and unrestricted.
The more people you drive into the underground, the less well you'll be able to regulate. Usually, it's a cautionary tale about carelessly over-strict regulation. But, I guess it can also be an uplifting tale about carelessly over-strict regulation, depending on what you're trying to regulate. Lord knows, we need to be teaching people how to dodge around local internet restrictions and monitoring right now.
shalafi@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Unfortunately most people don’t think like you and I. Reddit wants the masses to feed AI, and they’ll get them. They don’t care about the “fringe” elements. They want consensus. Hence, all the bans.
FFS, if we think reddit is bad, what about the billions still on FaceBook? I literally flinch if I land there on accident. FUCK! GAH! It’s repulsive to me, yet here we are.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 15 hours ago
If you make it to sterile it gets boring, if all the interesting stuff is elsewhere and all you have is meme slop you have no competitive advantage
ushmel@piefed.world 6 hours ago
Reddit has been meme slop since the IPO (and earlier) but it's still chugging along with fools buying outfits for their little reddit alien thing
DeadPixel@lemmy.zip 21 hours ago
I hope you’re right!