With introduction of reddit's updated Content Policy, anyone who wants to visit a quarantined subreddit must be logged into an account with a verified email address and choose to opt-in to the sub.

With introduction of reddit's updated Content Policy, anyone who wants to visit a quarantined subreddit must be logged into an account with a verified email address and choose to opt-in to the sub. ( reddit.zendesk.com )

submitted 2015-08-06T01:39 by SpeakYourTruth

2 comments

god404d 2015-08-06T06:07

Doubt this has anything to do with content. Registering email addresses makes connecting a person's identity to their account becomes infinitely easier. Then sell the info from their account to advertisers and the NSA just like Facebook, Google, and other major sites. As Reddit grew it was bound to happen. Wonder what other schemes they have to get users to register emails, or how long until it just becomes mandatory.

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FinnTheHuman 2015-08-06T16:58

And association by email is just a small drop in the pond of government surveillance.

As people accept these small losses of privacy, those in power are set up to take more.

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