That to me was an important feature of reddit :(

What I suspect is that they were getting flooded by bots…

  • @aski3252
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    41 year ago

    Why not use a throw-away email address?

    • @WhoRoger
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      11 year ago

      That’s extra work, throwaway services are often blocked, and it also defeats the purpose of having a backup contact in case of loss passwords etc.

      But as I said, I hate email in general and wish there were at least other options to “verify my humanity” or for those other purposes email is used.

      • @aski3252
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        21 year ago

        That’s extra work, throwaway services are often blocked

        Never had any issues whatsoever, it is less work to me than logging into my mail account and confirming my account, but I also like to have a separate account for every service and never use the “login with facebook/whatever else” option.

        it also defeats the purpose of having a backup contact in case of loss passwords etc.

        That’s true, but if you actually want to be able to recover your password, there isn’t a way around providing your email.

        • @WhoRoger
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          11 year ago

          That’s why I’m saying it would be nice if web services provided alternatives.

          I was once around a web site that was moving from open to an account system. I suggested to the owner to offer Discord verification in addition to email, and they actually did, within like a couple hours. It’s not impossible.

      • @Skellybones
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        11 year ago

        Send a video of yourself asking if you can join Lemmy To avoid using your email