I wanted to buy something second-hand. Unfortunately, Facebook Marketplace is the shit where I live. So I thought I could quickly register, contact the seller, and delete my account afterwards.

However, I refuse to participate in this insanity. Video selfie my ass, Facebook.

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    Sadly it does seem to be very popular but I am sure there are some niche forums specific for certain items like tech related ones which also has a marketplace for tech products, audiophile ones for audio gear etc. I joined one to buy something and ended up being a part of the great community now so hopefully something works out for you as well.

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    Would signing up with a PC instead of the mobile app solve that? A lot of PC’s don’t have webcams.

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    I used a burner sim and a fake video. You could generate it with AI or even a good 3d model.

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    You know what’s funny about that? Facebook banned me several months ago claiming a problem with community guidelines despite the fact that I was only using it to connect to an app that required it to save progress.

    Leave it to Fuckerberg

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    I have an Instagram account where I just lurk, no posting, no following, no likes. At my last sign in there was some message about my account being restricted for supporting extremists or some bullshit and I would need to submit a photo of my ID.

    I also just closed it directly. But I need to delete my Meta Accounts some day

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    I was going to sign up a couple of years ago for the same reason - marketplace - but they wanted a picture selfie then and that was enough to stop me.

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    Cant seem to see this as a bad feature. Accounts on the internet are way too anonymous and bots are swarming every social media

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                You mean like circling back to your argument when some people being antisocial by default means other factors causing it can be ignored.

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        I miss when it was the default position of everyone online.

        Still though, with the whole damn world going online, in places where anonymity is never expected in the first place, I can see the benefit. I used Facebook marketplace once just to be ripped off.

        My daughter uses an anonymous Facebook account with the name of a cartoon character, she’d just close the account if they pushed her though.

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      Sorry to break this to you, but the people writing bots can also get over this barrier very easily - see that link to the faceswap in this thread? That makes it possible for every person with a bit of tech understanding or at least a bit of persistence to ignore this. it’s not even a speed bump for people whose job (yes, job) it is to write bots.

      This does nothing to make the bots go away, but it gives Meta a full facescan, which is the fucking last thing to hand over to anyone - a data breach at Meta would mean that everyone around you will get scammed by videocallers with your face; not even your bank manager would be able to detect that something is off if he knows you personally (a short phone call with you to get a voice snippet makes the illusion perfect!)

      The political shenanigans in the US are also a reason to NOT give facescans out to anyone.

      The solution to bots does not lie in giving up your anonymity. There are no shortcuts here that don’t do more harm than good.

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        Dont get me wrong, Im not saying I would do a facescan for Facebook. I cant understand how anyone in the whole world would still consider using facebook at this point. All Im saying is anonimity is getting out of hand and the fascists are making very good use of it

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    I left Facebook in 2009 or 2010 or so, but I attempted to register a facebook account for my business over the weekend. I can confirm, it wanted a selfie of my business. Wasn’t sure what to do with that, so I still don’t have a facebook account for my business.

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      Leaving in 2010 was a great choice. I feel like I stayed on way too long only getting rid of it in 2020.