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by Sebb767 2108 days ago
> without your real name.

With extensive user profiles and now very visible profile pictures, I'm not sure that this isn't going to come as well.

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I wouldn't be surprised if they started asking for your phone number as well, as so many privacy-invading sites like to do these days.
This seems very likely. Reddit admins have mentioned that they are trying to crack down on alt accounts and banned users signing up 2 seconds after being banned. A phone number requirement would solve that easily.