That to me was an important feature of reddit :(

What I suspect is that they were getting flooded by bots…

    • WhoRoger@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Not sure how it’s now, but even discord didn’t need email unless a server required verification.

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      Depends on the instance. Discord is starting to mandate the phone number in addition to email.