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内容总结：

社交媒体平台Reddit正考虑引入身份验证机制，以应对日益严重的“机器人”账号问题。该公司首席执行官史蒂夫·霍夫曼近日透露，平台可能要求用户在注册或发帖前完成额外验证步骤，其中人脸识别（Face ID）和指纹识别（Touch ID）等生物验证方式被视为可行性较高的方案。

霍夫曼指出，这类技术能有效确认操作者“真人存在”，但平台同时也在评估其他验证途径，包括不要求身份信息的去中心化第三方服务，以及更为严格的证件核验服务。他强调，Reddit仍将致力于维护用户匿名性，如何在验证“真人”与保护隐私之间取得平衡，是平台乃至整个行业需要长期探索的课题。

Reddit联合创始人亚历克西斯·奥哈尼安对此表示，尽管解决虚假内容问题迫在眉睫，但如何让用户接受人脸扫描等验证方式仍需谨慎考量。目前Reddit尚未最终确定具体实施方案，相关讨论仍在进行中。

中文翻译：

为应对平台上的机器人泛滥问题，Reddit正考虑引入身份验证机制。该公司首席执行官史蒂夫·霍夫曼表示，未来用户在该平台创建账号或发布内容前，可能需要额外完成身份验证步骤。他在接受TBPN播客采访时透露，平台正在探索多种验证用户是否为真人的方案。

当被问及如何确认Reddit使用者是人类时，霍夫曼列举了从简到繁的不同验证方式："最轻量级的方案是采用面容ID或触控ID这类技术。这类方式需要真人进行触摸、操作或注视等动作，能有效证明操作者的真实存在性。"

除依赖生物特征数据的密钥验证外，霍夫曼还提及可借助去中心化或无需身份信息的第三方服务。与之相对，他也承认存在身份信息核验这类更复杂的方案。近年来包括Reddit在内的社交平台饱受机器人侵扰，甚至出现利用机器人进行秘密实验的情况。虽然平台尚未最终确定验证方案，但霍夫曼强调仍将优先保障用户匿名性。不过，若通过可识别个人信息进行真人验证，可能会动摇重视匿名特性的用户群体。

"我们对用户的承诺是：无需知晓你的姓名，但需要确认你是真人。"霍夫曼表示，"这将是长期演进的过程，所有平台都需要寻找恰当的平衡点。"

Reddit联合创始人兼前执行主席亚历克西斯·奥哈尼安在X平台发文称，虽未预料到Reddit会采用面容ID验证，但认同必须处理机器人制造的虚假内容。他同时坦言："不知该如何向Reddit用户乃至潜水用户推广面部扫描方案。"目前我们已联系Reddit公关部门，将在获得回复后更新报道。

英文来源：

Reddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problem
The platform's CEO mentioned Face ID and Touch ID as ways to verify if a human is using Reddit.
There could be one more step required before creating an account and posting on Reddit in the future. According to Reddit's CEO, Steve Huffman, the social media platform is exploring different ways to verify a user is human and not a bot. When asked by the TBPN podcast how to confirm that it's a human using Reddit, Huffman responded with several verification methods with varying degrees of heavy-handedness.
RDDT requiring Face ID was not something I had on my bingo card but something has got to be done about all the fake / botted content — I just don't know how to sell face-scanning to redditors or even lurkers. https://t.co/7e7K3Di4ip
— Alexis Ohanian 🗽 (@alexisohanian) March 21, 2026
"The most lightweight way is with something like Face ID or Touch ID," Huffman said during the interview. "They actually require a human presence, like a human has to touch, or do or look at something, so that actually just proves there's a person there or gets you pretty far."
Besides these passkey methods that use biometrics data, Huffman said there are other options like relying on third-party services that are decentralized or don't require ID. On the other end of the spectrum, Huffman also mentioned more burdensome options, like ID-checking services.
Recent years have brought a rise in bots flooding social media platforms including Reddit, where they've even been used to conduct secret experiments. It doesn't sound like Reddit has landed on how to verify its users' human identity yet, but Huffman did emphasize that the platform still wants to prioritize anonymity for its users. However, verifying humanity through identifiable and personal data could end up as a dealbreaker for Reddit users who value the anonymity of the platform.
"Part of our promise for our users is we don't know your name but we do want to know you're a person," Huffman said. "It'll be an evolution for us for a while, and probably every platform to find the right middle ground here."
Reddit co-founder and former executive chair, Alexis Ohanian, said on X that Reddit requiring Face ID wasn't something he expected but agreed that something had to be done about the fake content from bots, adding that, "I just don't know how to sell face-scanning to Redditors or even lurkers." We reached out to Reddit's communications team and will update the story when we hear back.