Reddit Will Soon Make 'Fishy' Accounts Verify Their Humanity

Reddit will soon make 'fishy' accounts verify their humanity

Are 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. more…

Reddit will prompt some accounts to 'verify humanness' in latest bot crackdown

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has detailed the company's latest plan to fight bots and it means that some accounts will need to "verify humanness," though the company is stopping short of widespread identity verification. In an update, Huffman said that in "rare" cases accounts that seem "fishy" will be prompted for additional verification.Such prompts "will not apply to most users," according to Huffman, but will apply to accounts where Reddit detec…

Reddit accounts with ‘fishy’ bot-like behavior will soon need to prove they’re human

Reddit is taking new steps to identify bots on the platform - a process that may require some users to confirm that they're human. In a post on Wednesday, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman writes that the company will introduce a labeling system for accounts registered as bots, and ask users with "automated" or "fishy behavior" to verify that they're human using methods like fingerprint scanning or submitting their ID. With this update, developers can re…

Reddit takes on the bots with new 'human verification' requirements for fishy behavior

Reddit will require suspected automated accounts to verify they’re human, as it ramps up efforts to curb bot-driven spam and manipulation.