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by nemacol 1065 days ago
Can you help me understand why this is preferable to never joining in the first place? What is the goal? Controlling the entry for my email/auth of choice?
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It is a mitigation for identity theft and slander.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26931894

Interesting. Thank you for the link.