YouTube does depending on the content you upload
I had to validate my own documents with Google because a small animation I had posted had made use of copyrighted stuff, and when I went to edit it to remove the copyrighted music, it kept nagging to “validate who I am”
The fediverse is still being monitored, though… Everything we comment and post here is freely available to anyone interested for any purpose.
That’s how public websites work…
Yeah, I just wanted to point it out. There should be a CCTV camera in the bottom pic too.
You’re not forced to link your account with your real identity in fedi.
AFAIK neither are you on reddit or other platforms
YouTube does depending on the content you upload I had to validate my own documents with Google because a small animation I had posted had made use of copyrighted stuff, and when I went to edit it to remove the copyrighted music, it kept nagging to “validate who I am”
That’s highly dependent on the instance admins.