That to me was an important feature of reddit :(
What I suspect is that they were getting flooded by bots…
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.
If disposable email is a nonstarter, why not create a free account on something like Tutanota that’s just for social media logins? You never need to see it except for password resets and login challenges. If you’re concerned about privacy, use Tor or a VPN to access it.
I already have 2 domain names each with infinite email assesses, 2 Tutanota mails and 1 Proton… Not counting any work accounts… I’m not hurting for email. I want LESS :P
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.
That’s extra work, throwaway services are often blocked
Never had any issues whatsoever, it is less work to me than logging into my mail account and confirming my account, but I also like to have a separate account for every service and never use the “login with facebook/whatever else” option.
it also defeats the purpose of having a backup contact in case of loss passwords etc.
That’s true, but if you actually want to be able to recover your password, there isn’t a way around providing your email.
That’s why I’m saying it would be nice if web services provided alternatives.
I was once around a web site that was moving from open to an account system. I suggested to the owner to offer Discord verification in addition to email, and they actually did, within like a couple hours. It’s not impossible.
Don’t you need email for matrix? You certainly need it for discord.
Depends on the instance. Discord is starting to mandate the phone number in addition to email.
Not sure how it’s now, but even discord didn’t need email unless a server required verification.
Isn’t Discord just a chat site? How would you use it for verification?
I’ve never even heard of Matrix or Session verification. Email sounds like a much easier solution IMO.
Discord has bots, so you can send verification links or just confirm the user exists. It’s been done.
Sounds like email verification with an extra step of logging into Discord. I might be way off the mark, though.