I heard that hexbear was the redfash tankie instance but they allow users to sign up anonymously so what gives?
I would think this requirement would be antithetical to a piracy focused instance.
I agree, I do not know if is deliberate or not but there are other ways to prevent spam that doesn’t require email verification. Like restricting ability to post/comment for some time or only allowing them to post after x number of comments etc.
In fact, reddit doesn’t really have a strict email verification. you can type in whatever email you want when registering, verification is optional (idk if they changed it recently though).
They seem to have the questionnaire thing but no captcha for registration. I love that one of the ‘golden rules’ is ‘No Tankie bullshit.’ with a wikipedia article for tankie.
reddit doesn’t really have a strict email verification. you can type in whatever email you want when registering
you can literally just click “next” and sign up without an email
You know there’s one time email available right?
9.5/10, mixed bag.
Why did you post this in lefty memes?
Because it’s very funny that a piracy focused site asks for your email and there is no dunk tank equivalent on this instance.
Also I have zero chill after mister db0 got so ruffled as to start harassing a mod in dms on hexbear.
I translate this to
“I just wanna start shit for no reason”
The reason seems pretty clear to me. Forcing folks to sign up with a valid email is bad opsec. It’s good to call that out
Once again, numerous solutions for singe-use email addresses exist.