Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users
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I wish. I have noticed that I don’t see many Lenny endorsements anymore, I wonder if they remove those (I know my comment has been removed couple of times).
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 10:35 zuletzt editiert von jaygray91@piefed.socialProbably still do quite a lot. I still have my account there in case there are calls to promote the fediverse.
They left Digg posts alone for now though. I know it's another boiling pot, dont have to remind me.
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Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users
Reddit, racing to preserve “humanness and authenticity,” has discussed using Sam Altman’s World ID, sources say.
(www.semafor.com)
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 11:51 zuletzt editiert von
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If World ID becomes one of Reddit’s third-party providers, it would be good news for Tools for Humanity, which was founded six years ago with the lofty goal of providing a universal basic income to the world by offering them cryptocurrency called Worldcoin in exchange for scanning their eyeballs with an Orb.
What the actual fuck.
Seriously how on Earth is that supposed to work?
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 11:53 zuletzt editiert von slaacaa@lemmy.worldI read about this a few years ago, and even saw them in a mall in Western EU.
The whole thing is just bio-data mining, and they started by preying on some poor regions in Africa
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Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users
Reddit, racing to preserve “humanness and authenticity,” has discussed using Sam Altman’s World ID, sources say.
(www.semafor.com)
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 12:11 zuletzt editiert vonDrink verification can to continue.
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A lot less than 20% when it comes to specific subjects. The great thing about reddit was finding communities around just about every topic or hobby. If 100 people had a passion for something they could meet on Reddit and still have a comfy, somewhat active sub reddit.
On Lemmy you've got generic technology, generic news, generic videogames, generic pics, and almost everything else doesn't get enough traction to keep living. It's a basic population problem, the fraction of people knowing about Lemmy is just not enough to gather around shared stuff. Even those that do use Lemmy are probably not aware of every community attempt that could interest them.
I still see more communities being abandoned than new ones appearing.
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 12:18 zuletzt editiert vonWhat you describe is the main reason that's stopping me from 100% leaving Reddit. There isn't enough variety and there isn't enough activity in communities that isn't in the few popular ones. At the moment it feels like +80% of current users fit into a specific demographic.
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Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users
Reddit, racing to preserve “humanness and authenticity,” has discussed using Sam Altman’s World ID, sources say.
(www.semafor.com)
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 12:40 zuletzt editiert vonReddit wants to become bots talking to bots
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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!schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 13:23 zuletzt editiert vonWho is floop?
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Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users
Reddit, racing to preserve “humanness and authenticity,” has discussed using Sam Altman’s World ID, sources say.
(www.semafor.com)
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 13:49 zuletzt editiert vonlol
lmao, even
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Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users
Reddit, racing to preserve “humanness and authenticity,” has discussed using Sam Altman’s World ID, sources say.
(www.semafor.com)
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 13:55 zuletzt editiert vonwhatever me and everyone else useful is banned. reddit can do whatever the fuck it wants its just a bunch of white supremacists i think.
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Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users
Reddit, racing to preserve “humanness and authenticity,” has discussed using Sam Altman’s World ID, sources say.
(www.semafor.com)
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 14:05 zuletzt editiert vonAnd I was worried that it was the Australian Governments Digital ID shit that would be what gets in my way. You know what reddit, just do it. It would be the kick I need to completely drop reddit.
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whatever me and everyone else useful is banned. reddit can do whatever the fuck it wants its just a bunch of white supremacists i think.
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 14:11 zuletzt editiert voni have a novelty account i kept around and i just post luigi pictures whenever it gets unbanned. it has probably only been unbanned a week this year
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Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users
Reddit, racing to preserve “humanness and authenticity,” has discussed using Sam Altman’s World ID, sources say.
(www.semafor.com)
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 14:15 zuletzt editiert von
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Who is floop?
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 14:18 zuletzt editiert vonI am floop!
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I'll give you $1 per eyeball
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 14:20 zuletzt editiert vonhere. have jar. $20 please.
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schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 14:21 zuletzt editiert von heythisisnttheymca@lemmy.worldare they really trying to make us ponder an orb to get onto reddit
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whatever me and everyone else useful is banned. reddit can do whatever the fuck it wants its just a bunch of white supremacists i think.
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 14:23 zuletzt editiert vonthere's such a painfully obvious agenda over there with the admins. I got a 7 day ban for knocking russians and saying "slava ukraini" then I got a perm ban a week after that for posing the question "how long until an average citizen with an AR decides to deal with ICE themselves?" because apparently both times I was "inciting violence against a minority" because Russians and ICE agents, according to Reddit, are minorities
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Wow who's your butthole guy?
Wtf is this sorcery your post says "1." but when I reply its "37."
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 14:25 zuletzt editiert vonhuh... maybe because of the period and no space? Markdown thinks it's a list item?
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Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users
Reddit, racing to preserve “humanness and authenticity,” has discussed using Sam Altman’s World ID, sources say.
(www.semafor.com)
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 14:26 zuletzt editiert vonThis will do it. It will finally kill reddit.
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Facial recognition in smartphones is a very different thing from basically every point of view. Are you sure you don't know a single person using an iPhone? Chances are they'll be using FaceID to unlock their phone.
I don't think I know a single person NOT using biometrics to unlock their smartphone.
Edit: I'm sure there at least 3 people on Lemmy that don't use biometrics but that doesn't change anything I'm pretty sure
Edit edit: another one! Maybe there are at least 4 people now.
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 14:26 zuletzt editiert vonnice to meet you. i don't.
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Reddit in talks to embrace Sam Altman’s iris-scanning Orb to verify users
Reddit, racing to preserve “humanness and authenticity,” has discussed using Sam Altman’s World ID, sources say.
(www.semafor.com)
schrieb am 21. Juni 2025, 14:31 zuletzt editiert vonYou'd have to get me high on PCP + cocaine + some sort of crazy shit like krokodil to just implant the idea that I need to verify my very existence to a private company to post comments online or to enjoy a website.
