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by petre 1004 days ago
> They even had me send a selfie of myself

So they could compare it with what, the content posted?

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They want to collect name:face mappings. I've had the same issue with IG but haven't got around to posting the selfie.
DO NOT post the selfie. It is a trap.

Read my suggestions here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37254898

I think they just wanted to see that I was a real human. They had me hold up a sign with a code written on it. The only thing I thought of was that they might compare it to my profile pic? But it makes little sense as many people have something abstract as their PFP, or a photo of their cat.
Nice try. What stops anyone from going to Madame Tussauds and posting a selfie of Frank Sinatra holding up a code? Or paying a street performer to do it. Because that would be my first thought, how to screw these sociopaths.