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Reddit Tests is Own Verification Markers with ‘Official’ Profile Tags (www.socialmediatoday.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Temperche@feddit.de to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

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Huffmann is definitely coying his idol Elon with the verified account thingy... which he can then use to pressure advertisers into paying more, see https://www.engadget.com/x-tells-advertisers-to-spend-1000-per-month-or-risk-losing-verification-status-201528621.html?guccounter=1

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[–] quirzle@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, a big part of the appeal of reddit was being anonymous. I signed up without even using an email address, and being able to do that was a most of why I was willing to create my account in the first place.

[–] nicetriangle@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This. Reddit is a sea of whoever and that’s why I liked it. This is a major misunderstanding of the community on their part.

[–] spookex@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Reddit had a nice balance between being anonymous, but also making you care about your reputation enough to not turn completely into 4chan