Why is my email address suddenly so important?
submitted 5 years ago by anescient from (self.MeanwhileOnReddit)
I was reminded of r/spacedicks, and I guessed it would be "quarantined", at the least. Well, it is quarantined, but reddit doesn't allow me to accept a disclaimer and proceed because I never gave them my email address.
"You must have a verified email to view this community"
They didn't demand my email to view r/watchpeopledie. Is there any good reason for this, or are they just harvesting email addresses?
[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (0 children)
Oh man this is dirty and deeper than just a 'quarantine'. I remember people digging into this when /r/911Truth was banned, there are different settings for both 'banned' and 'quarantined' that cause the accessibility to be different, and I don't think Reddit has disclosed them or explained them well.
But anyway I can't answer why the email address is so important. Maybe it's just to make you shake your fist and give up.
[–]magnora7 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (2 children)
More user data = more ad revenue and user data to sell = more profit
Simple as that. Reddit is going IPO.
[–]anescient[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (1 child)
I see now, you can use the email address to identify that person in a completely different set of data.
[–]Alduin 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (0 children)
A different set of data, like a Facebook account. Which is linked to anything one of your friends may have entered as contact information for you in their phone. Which is your phone number, your work number, the cute little nickname your girlfriend uses for you...
[–]HurkaDurka 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (0 children)
Definitely harvesting email address. Time to make a Protonmail or a random Gmail that you will never use again, just to get verified. I create tons of email that I don't even log back into after verifications. I never give out my real emails to companies.
[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (0 children)
They, like other large tech companies, track your preferences. I suspect that reddit wants to target ads and possibly send emails to you in exchange for geld.
[–]EmacsIsGood 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 5 years ago (0 children)
I think I had still found some quarantined subreddit, some days ago, that did not require your e-mail address. But I have also seen 1-2 requiring
Not sure what is up with that, either.
use the following search parameters to narrow your results:
e.g. sub:pics site:imgur.com dog
sub:pics site:imgur.com dog
advanced search: by author, sub...
~1 user here now
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