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Re:Don't Use Discord as a Forum by naniwaduni on Thursday September 14, 2023 @12:35PM (#37511192)
Reddit definitely demands an email to register. It's unclear to me whether they verify it (I didn't bother to check), but it's the first thing they ask for.
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Re:Don't Use Discord as a Forum by nerdponx on Thursday September 14, 2023 @12:43PM (#37511323)
You used to be able to just leave that field empty, not sure if that's true anymore.
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Re:Don't Use Discord as a Forum by yomlica8 on Thursday September 14, 2023 @02:01PM (#37512482)
They have changed the UI to make you think it is required. Start with old.reddit.com and click next with the field empty.
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Re:Don't Use Discord as a Forum by muzani on Friday September 15, 2023 @12:33AM (#37518468)
It's possibly because of abuse from bots and such. It still does a great job of letting you manage anonymous accounts and swapping between them.
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