quazar@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhen did lemmy.world start requiring an email address?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhen did lemmy.world start requiring an email address?quazar@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
That to me was an important feature of reddit :( What I suspect is that they were getting flooded by bots…
minus-squareWhoRoger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoI hate how everyone wants email these days. I bloody hate email in principle. If websites at least had options for Discord or Matrix or Session verification.
minus-squareaski3252@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWhy not use a throw-away email address?
minus-squareWhoRoger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoThat’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.
I hate how everyone wants email these days. I bloody hate email in principle. If websites at least had options for Discord or Matrix or Session verification.
Why not use a throw-away email address?
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.