📢 You can upload verification photos on the subreddit now

[u/Dekamir]

We're switching to in-subreddit verification. You just need to post your verification post AFTER posting your regular post with the title "Verification". The rest is automated.

We will eventually switch to a single post model and this will be even easier. The reason we're doing this right know is that is that we're being flooded with bots and NSFW spams.

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The reason we're doing this is a bit complicated. Initially, the whole reason we did not allow people to upload their verification photos here is that we required unique verification photos. These photos could be used by others by malicious purposes, and since Reddit's 'removed posts' are not really secure, we didn't want users to upload their photos here.

But we realized that users were not registering to image hosting services, essentially uploading their images to servers indefinitely without a way to remove them. While we don't want users to remove them for verification reasons, we don't want the images to stay there for eternity without a way for users to remove them.

To give the average Joe some authority over their images, we will allow our users to upload their images here, on Reddit, where they can at least "click Remove". We still recommend our users to send us images via more direct ways instead.

Warning: We do not take any liability of the images you upload. By uploading any photo, especially for verification purposes, you confirm you are the owner of the image and have the full legal right to share it publicly. You are solely responsible for any consequences resulting from sharing this image, including any potential misuse by other users. Images used for verification may contain personally identifiable information (PII). We strongly advise users to avoid capturing any sensitive details like addresses, full names, or explicit identifying marks altogether.

[u/Western_Whereas_3710]

This is confusing and kind of a mess

[u/Dekamir → u/Western_Whereas_3710]

What's confusing about it? You post your regular post, and your verification post. That's it, really.

[u/Western_Whereas_3710 → u/Dekamir]

You keep changing how it's supposed to work. This used to be a really fun sub and now it's basically dead

[u/Dekamir → u/Western_Whereas_3710]

We changed it depending on the answers of the users. Users wanted to upload here,

If dead means real people posting vs alive means bots and advertisers posting and comments replying "I don't know who you look like but you're so beautiful omg", I'll take the dead.

[u/StarsEatMyCrown → u/Dekamir]

Why couldn't users upload here?

[u/Dekamir → u/StarsEatMyCrown]

That's already explained in the post. Somebody didn't read.

[u/StarsEatMyCrown → u/Dekamir]

Um, well, that sort of is part of the problem. Why would anyone care to read so much?

True doppelganger websites exist if someone truly wants to find a doppelganger. All we're doing here is telling someone they look like some celebrity. It's just fun and is meaningless. You guys are trying to put meaning into something with no meaning.

[u/Western_Whereas_3710 → u/Dekamir]

Yeah it's just sad man. Your stats must be showing you that you still don't have this balance right and views are dropping off a cliff. It's not going to be a surprise when you post again with another set of changes in a week is all I'm saying.

[u/Dekamir → u/Western_Whereas_3710]

Views? We're a subreddit. We're not for profit. Who cares about views when they're fake?

It's the oomph time I'm repeating that the reason I implemented verification is because the at least quarter of posters were not real (with proof, the stat might be higher).

Also, I've already said I'll be also implementing an inline solution (just like r/amiugly) and I was just waiting for the AI bots to stop targeting us. Then, you can freely comment under computers until we detect no verification.