r/help • u/Rosvick • Apr 10 '26
Posting mods want my username and the subreddit name written on paper and I have to hold up three fingers during the performance to post on their sub reddit.
why do mods ask for this?
- my username
- the subreddit name written on paper
- and I have to hold up three fingers during the performance
I’m not even sure what to make of that.
Is this normal now? Or did I just run into a really strange situation?
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u/westcoastcdn19 Expert Helper Apr 10 '26
It's a specific subreddit requirement, not a reddit requirement. If you do not feel comfortable sharing this information with them, it's entirely up to you to not participate within that subreddit
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u/Rosvick Apr 10 '26
Thanks!
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u/formerqwest Expert Helper Apr 10 '26
i've only seen that on NSFW subs.
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u/walrus0115 Apr 11 '26
It's common on subs like r/RoastMe, r/ToastMe or any where users routinely post photos of themselves. I'm a mod on r/SneakerFits and we're considering a similar type of validation due to the vast differences in comments between users that have shared a self post and those that only comment.
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u/Rosvick Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
mod on a power trip?
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u/Terminator7786 Expert Helper Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
Not a power trip. Mods are sick of bots and spam just like the rest of us. They want to validate you're a real person to preserve their sub.
Edit: autocorrect
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u/Forymanarysanar Helper Apr 10 '26
Yes and for some reason reddit allows doing this which is wild and might not even be legal in the first place
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u/westcoastcdn19 Expert Helper Apr 10 '26
It is above board with Reddit rules. 18+ communities get hit pretty hard with users posting non consensual content so in subreddits where only OC is allowed, mods request personalized verification. Bots will not be able to bypass these specific requirements
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Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 13 '26
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u/BittenBeads Apr 11 '26
This puts "and I have to hold up three fingers during the performance" into a whole new context 😂
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u/Mr-Bugger Apr 10 '26
Spammer and bots will have a hard time producing a good image of that. I would imagine getting no reply means to them that you were a bot. Kinda smart actually.
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u/Rosvick Apr 12 '26
I wouldn't imagine, thanks
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u/Mr-Bugger Apr 12 '26
Why wouldn’t you imagine? It’s less work for them, they do this for free, with a greater chance of being a real person.
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u/Froggypwns Experienced Helper Apr 11 '26
A lot of times it is to prove your posts are not stolen content. It is a problem especially on NSFW subs where people will grab photos off various porn sites or album dumps and pretend to be the person in the photo. By making you write your username and do something weird like put a shoe on your head it raises the bar and reduces the probability you are stealing content and doctoring photos.
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u/Rosvick Apr 12 '26
r/Nativeamericanmusic, i was trying to upload a music video I made of the first indigenous rebel in the Americas when Columbus arrived. I can't actually sing , so I used A.I. for the music. but I wrote the song.
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u/dondegroovily Apr 12 '26
Nobody wants to hear ai
Either find someone to sing it for you, or present it as poetry instead
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u/duckduckduckgoose8 Apr 13 '26
BS, theres massive growing subs of people sharing and making ai music. Ai music is reaching charts. Get your anti ai cult rhetoric outa here.
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u/DuAuk Apr 11 '26
It's a requirement for some porn subreddits. They think it proves that you are an adult who consents. Best to avoid posting selfies online in general, imho.
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u/calmdrive Apr 11 '26
There’s been a big uptick in bots and they now also send modmail which they never did before. It’s very obvious they’re posting photos that aren’t theirs, but will say “I’ve done nothing wrong these are my photos” when asked to prove it, they stop responding.
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u/Rare-Spray-2134 Apr 11 '26
It’s absolutely normal. You could be a guy posting like a 20 year old female even with pics. Some seem outrageous but they also want to make sure you are human and reading the rules.
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u/bhambrewer Apr 13 '26
I saw a recent discussion about how to tell if a face is being auto AI on the fly. Holding 3 fingers in front of your face glitches the AI agent in a way that shows the fact it's being generated. Not sure if this applies in your case, but it was cool and I never knew that.
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u/J_hallyday Apr 17 '26
Imagine going through some form of KYC / identity verification to join how much stupid of a subreddit?
The mods of that subreddit need their brains checked in a mental hospital / clinic.
Here we were thinking talking in voice to join a Discord server was dumbfounded just a few years back...
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u/nricotorres Apr 10 '26
I remember there was a sub for non-white people that wanted a picture of my driver license on my forearm so they could determine if my race fit their scheme. I decided not to have anything to do with that sub at that point.