If Reddit requires ID verification, how bad will things get.

alphamaterx said:
All very very true but the part about the circus owners ........... that's the truest unfortunately.
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If you get what the Circus is about.

And you stay outside of it.

You remain illuminated in this dim world.
 
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This would completely change the Reddit landscape. If Reddit enforces ID verification, it will kill the anonymity that made the platform famous in the first place, leading to a massive drop in organic users.
Regarding your 3rd point, you are spot on. It won’t stop spam; it will just create a massive, highly profitable black market for "ID-verified Reddit accounts," similar to what happened with verified Twitter/X or Google Ads accounts. The sellers always find a loophole.
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I think requiring Reddit accounts to verify their identity would have a significant impact on people who rely on multiple accounts. However, if Reddit were to introduce identity verification, I also believe legitimately owned accounts would be much less likely to get suspended.
 
GNews said:
If you get what the Circus is about.

And you stay outside of it.

You remain illuminated in this dim world.
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Most...probably don't/
Intuitively many know, but choose to participate, or don't take it seriously.
 
AslanXYZ said:
reddit would die on day one. i cant imagine they would actually do that. anonymity is one of the main reasons people use reddit in the first place.
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It's already started. ID already required in certain countries and spreading.
 
If Reddit ever requires ID verification, it could reduce spam and make account creation more difficult, but it's hard to predict the overall impact. Legitimate marketers who focus on authentic participation would likely adapt more easily. Whether it helps or hurts the platform will depend on how broadly Reddit applies the requirement and what alternatives it offers for privacy-conscious users.
 
hammergeek said:
If Reddit ever requires ID verification, it could reduce spam and make account creation more difficult, but it's hard to predict the overall impact. Legitimate marketers who focus on authentic participation would likely adapt more easily. Whether it helps or hurts the platform will depend on how broadly Reddit applies the requirement and what alternatives it offers for privacy-conscious users.
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Not 'If" .. IT's already started. This post went from "What If" to "yeah it's happened"

review the news articles listed before your post if you wish to see it
 
GNews said:
If you all have not heard,

Reddit's CEO said he is thinking of making ID verification a requirement. This could happen at any given day/moment.

I'd think more of a 2027 plan but who knows, the way Ai and filters have WRECKED SMM panels in the last 60 days.

So my question is,

How badly will it affect the platform?

My thoughts on aftershocks would be:
  1. How many users will be lost? Especially in developing countries.
  2. Will it be better for rational marketers who aren't doing 'anything' for a fast buck on Reddit or kill us all?
  3. Is this useless, as people can just start selling ID-verified accounts, but will create a million-dollar opportunity for account sellers suddenly?


I want to hear everyone's thoughts.
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Bad, simply bad, it's already almost impossible to get by the spam filter (for a newbie), you'd basically "ruin" or find a way to somewhat avoid the ID check, then, be hit with what's already in place.
One thing we have to thank though is EU bureaucracy, no such laws can be run overnight and cause such a scenario, people wouldn't buy it.
 
I don't think they're going to do it. People don't want their data in corporate hands, and anonymity is Reddit's strong point.
 
I doubt they'll make it mandatory for regular users, the site would lose half its traffic overnight. If anything, they might just require it for moderators, creators, or specific NSFW subs to keep advertisers happy.
 
charlottejq said:
I doubt they'll make it mandatory for regular users, the site would lose half its traffic overnight. If anything, they might just require it for moderators, creators, or specific NSFW subs to keep advertisers happy.
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THey've already done it in certain countries and spreading
 
charlottejq said:
I doubt they'll make it mandatory for regular users, the site would lose half its traffic overnight. If anything, they might just require it for moderators, creators, or specific NSFW subs to keep advertisers happy.
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Wrong i'm a regualr user, no mod, not using NSFW. I think they go on your content habits. Certain adult keywords and or countries political policies. As i suddenly got id'd after i posted something related to "titties".
 
Wouldn’t matter as much, there’ll be people selling verified accounts or services to bypass their KYC. There’s always a way if you really need one.
 
If mandatory ID verification is implemented, it will devastate the platform's active user base and anonymous culture, but instead of stopping spam, it will likely spawn a highly lucrative black market for buying and selling ID-verified accounts.
 
kookeey said:
If mandatory ID verification is implemented, it will devastate the platform's active user base and anonymous culture, but instead of stopping spam, it will likely spawn a highly lucrative black market for buying and selling ID-verified accounts.
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it could also spawn a market of fake ID's to bypass kyc without giving up your real information
 
It is already so uptight and fake, I imagine that will cut the real people on down by 50%
 
If it happens, I'd expect it to hit casual accounts hardest while barely slowing determined bad actors — a resale market for verified accounts would just spring up. Per-person vs per-account verification is the real question, only the former actually caps multi-accounting.
 
Narakhu07 said:
it could also spawn a market of fake ID's to bypass kyc without giving up your real information
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Yes. I said this earlier.

Which increases the value of reddit accounts tenfold.
 
But why would reddit do that?? Reddit is a social platform where people talk about things.. it's not any marketing platform like Fiverr or Upwork...
 
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