If you have a throwaway email address, no email address, or are connecting via VPN, you may be “not in good standing.”

https://exploding-heads.com/post/120343

If you have a throwaway email address, no email address, or are connecting via VPN, you may be “not in good standing.” - Exploding Heads

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/120341 [https://exploding-heads.com/post/120341] > “A while ago, I had a comment auto-removed on WPT and got a message it was because my account was “not in good standing.” When I messaged the WPT mods, they explained that they were test piloting a new tool the admins plan to use. For example, if you have a throwaway email address, no email address, or are connecting via VPN, you may be “not in good standing.” > > With things like that on the horizon, even if they roll back on what they’re doing now, we’re still not likely to have a very good time on that site.”

This is absolutely terrible. Besides the privacy/anonymity factor, VPNs are also used to access geoblocked content. Some autocratic regimes ban a lot of valuable resources on the internet because they want to control people’s access the information. This is only going to help the people in power.