GoKawiilAre you human? If not, Reddit wants to know. The company shared today that it plans to introduce “human verification” requirements for accounts it detects as “fishy” and likely not human.
Reddit will only ask ‘fishy’ accounts to verify
Reddit wants to cut down on bot activity on its website without forcing human verification on every single user. Anonymity on Reddit is part of what makes the forum work.
For that reason, Reddit emphasizes that only “fishy” account activity will prompt the new human verification system to activate, TechCrunch reports. Fishy accounts that do not pass the human verification prompt may be restricted.
As part of the new system, automated accounts that aren’t pretending to be human will need to be disclosed as bots by the user behind them.
Earlier this week, it was Reddit CEO Steve Huffman who pointed out the benefit of passkey, which can use Touch ID or Face ID in place of a password.
“They actually require a human presence, like a human has to touch, or do or look at something, so that actually just proves there’s a person there.”
Passkey will be one human verification resource when the new system is activated.