I mean, there’s someone here who has (not even exaggerating) 15+ accounts that they just rotate thru.
It’s a hassle to block them all because I still see new ones, but I’ll take that over “proving myself” as a unique person with something like this.
Comment on Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users
artifex@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
On the one hand, I understand the inherent limitations of pseudonymous social media and why a corporation and even end users might benefit from authoritative user identification.
On the other hand, oh hell no.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
glimse@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
I haven’t seen like any hilariouschaos users in awhile
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
I don’t think psudonyms are an issue, but verifying that a user is an actual person vs an AI chatbot is absolutely something that social media will need to tackle at some point.
SpatchyIsOnline@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Hmm funny how Sam Altman is one of the few people responsible for creating that problem and now he’s selling the solution to it
cecilkorik@piefed.ca 15 hours ago
It's actually low-key brilliant. Start a gold rush, when you realize the gold isn't actually there, pivot to selling shovels and keep hyping the gold rush. Fools and their money are soon parted, and there seem to be an endless supply of them.
Buelldozer@lemmy.today 14 hours ago
The bot problem has been around since before Sam Altman was old enough to legally drink. For example in the early days the founders of Reddit were running bots to make the site look wayyy busier than it actually was in order to attract new users.
artifex@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
He’s a modern day arms dealer.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
Why? Internet rules from the days gone by - everyone is a liar. So it shouldn’t matter.
passepartout@feddit.org 15 hours ago
Will they though? Facebook has already created undisclosed bot accounts themselves before. A Platform where real users and such bots are indistinguishable (for the user) sounds like a social media corpos and governments wet dream to me. Also reminds me of the attempts to disguise ads as natural content.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 14 hours ago
Sure but they only want the bots they approve of. That way they can charge for the privilege of allowing someone’s preferred bots onto the platform.
floop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 hours ago
Exactly. Reddit isn’t my fucking bank. They don’t need to know who I am.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Your bank doesn’t even need to know who you are.
On a related note, Bank of America, if you’re reading this, my name is floop @lemmy.dbzer0.com, and I would like to withdraw all the money from my account. Nonsequential bills please!
cuteness@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
They don’t even require an email when signing up. At the same time they speed run to biometrics.
What a shit show they’ve become.
scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Whatcha mean, they obviously need to count the wrinkles on your dirty balloon knot.
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
Quadhammer@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Wow who’s your butthole guy?
Wtf is this sorcery your post says “1.” but when I reply its “37.”