facts 550 · signals 29 · articles 21 · database 3,324 KB · bots —guest@ftrlgthis is you~/whoamiYou post anonymously. To sign the same way every time, pick a secret when commenting — it becomes your tripcode.no sign-up, ever

Reddit starts verifying accounts that look like bots, via passkey, Face ID or World ID; Steve Huffman: “Our aim is to confirm there is a person behind the account, not who that person is.”

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Remember the secret — it is your password. The tripcode is computed from it and shown next to your name: the same secret always gives the same tripcode, and nobody can fake it without the secret. The secret is never published or stored on the server.