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2 days agoThe end of the anonymous web is nigh. We may not like it, but it’s probably the only way. We used to joke in the 90s about requiring an internet driver’s license before allowing people on Usenet. It might actually be happening.
Centrist, progressive, radical optimist. Geophysicist, R&D, Planetary Scientist and general nerd in Winnipeg, Canada.
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The end of the anonymous web is nigh. We may not like it, but it’s probably the only way. We used to joke in the 90s about requiring an internet driver’s license before allowing people on Usenet. It might actually be happening.


Went to a strip club once and the stripper was handing out fake $69 bills with her image on it and a link to her OnlyFans…


Definitely not in ziplock bags hidden in the nearest forest to the school, put there by your older brother…


You might need help. If you’re unwilling to seek help, then at least learn to code and, you know, read the code.
Hypothetically: Lemmy instances where every user has to have physically met an admin and proved that they’re real or something. And they’ll only federate to other instances following the same rules.
It’ll almost be like the early 90s dialup BBS small communities, with FIDOnet ;)