Just curious. I think the odds have gone up quite a bit, and if that happens, we’d potentially see a glut of people. I’m sure they must be watching this.

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    Didn’t they already implement this for UK users and maybe Australia? If they already have the software ready to go there probably isn’t much barrier to it happening

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    Very possible because more and more countries are bringing in mandatory age verification so it may be easier for them to just make everyone upload ID regardless of where they live ( because it solves the problem of people getting around age verification by using VPN)

    Depressing.

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        The lady who spearheaded age verification in Australia is either the most useful idiot who ever lived or a lying snake. She talked about forcing us all to give our pictures to Peter Thiel like it was bringing the corporations to account.

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    Fairly likely if the current political climate continues. Could be a big boon for Lemmy honestly, if we’ve got the porn and no one else does.

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        Sync was never really fully operational before it got abandoned. It’s still got several pretty severe bugs. I love it, but it is what it is.

        I recommend Summit instead, personally.

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          How do I make it so I don’t see the icons from the instances? I just want the titles so like /memes but not [icon from memes] /memes

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            It’s right there in the settings… Just search “community” in the settings and you’ll find “Prefer community icon” under the posts feed customization.

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              Thanks. I was going line by line and I feel like some of the settings aren’t in plain view… Maybe I’m wrong.

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            Yes. Last update was two years ago. Ljdawson is busy on other projects. I don’t think Lemmy ever took off enough to be worthwhile for him to work on. To me it seems Sync was always a business rather than a passion project and the user base around here is not big enough to be profitable the way it was on Reddit.

            It’s a shame because I used to be a Sync user and liked it a lot. I am fully converted to Summit now, though. idunnololz is a great developer who has close communication with the community.

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    I have a very slight feeling Reddit’s working for China, and not for the US. If I’m right, then chances only grow since the pushes for identity verification gained traction around last September.

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        not entirely insane, they heavily invested in reddit in the past, and its not like these people are capable of only making one deal with one group of people or even one government.

        not saying thats the case, just that isnt impossible or insane to think it could be. global influence requires global influence. and with enough money and blackmail virtually anything is possible. just look at the US right now.