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Re:Threads.net Can Go to Hell by kivlad on Thursday August 24, 2023 @05:33PM (#37254833)
I remember when Instagram started asking for your date of birth in order to use it, which prompted me to take a nice break from it. The next time I checked in, they made it so that you could have a "shadow birthday" tied to your age and the current date. I wonder if that'll affect me in the event I have to go through the kind of ID verification hell I see reported everywhere (including replies to this post).
Re:Threads.net Can Go to Hell by lapcat on Thursday August 24, 2023 @05:49PM (#37254993)
> I remember when Instagram started asking for your date of birth in order to use it

It still does.

Re:Threads.net Can Go to Hell by edmundsauto on Thursday August 24, 2023 @06:59PM (#37255646)
This may be required for compliance - different considerations you have to take with youth when you're a multinational megacorp.