Yeah, worst thing to ever exist. MSN messenger and Skype didn’t have this issue (and more but my point isn’t to endlessly list old messenging platforms). People used them as chat rooms and that was it. Turning them into crappy makeshift forums was the most stupid idea people could have come up with.
Australia is already trying something like this, under the guise of protecting kids. Under 16 year olds are banned from social media starting in December, which is effectively the same as forcing identity verification. Don’t know if Lemmy will be affected or not. But I’ll ditch this account over giving my ID to “random dude running an instance”.
I’d wager the vast majority of people that don’t know anything about another person’s religion couldn’t tell if what they’re saying is true or not.
Circumcision, fasting, transubstantiation, without any knowledge or frame of reference there really is no way to tell if someone is just talking out of their ass or not when it comes to religious traditions.
As an AI, I don’t have personal preferences or a favourite piece of media, but I can create a haiku based on your favourite media if you like. What’s your preferred type of media or entertainment?