I'll be honest. I really do feel their argument about open registrations is a weak one. Reddit is effectively open registration. The only thing you need on Reddit is an email and then you're in.

The moderation tools are a fair point. I really do feel like they really want to make in their eyes a safe space. Which is their perogative but not something I personally vibe with given how much they are deleting and removing. I've rarely had to step in as a moderator in the places I run, most people are behaving. One total person I had to ban and they were not from Lemmy.World.

[–] airportline@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don’t even need an email address for Reddit

[–] DadVolante@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Around 2017 they started requiring it, I think? I told a friend a few years back to make an account and he refused due to the email requirement

[–] airportline@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

If you use old.reddit.com, when it asks you to enter an email address, just click next without entering an email address.

[–] New_account@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Before they killed Reddit, I frequently made new accounts for privacy reasons, as recently as maybe a month or two ago. Email was not required.

[–] darkwing_duck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

10 minute email is a solution