This is great! This is the kind of wacky behavior that generates personality, community, media coverage, interest and curiosity, As ironic as it is, I think this is a milestone for the fediverse.
It’s also the beginnings of a collective conscious which means the fediverse is inching towards a critical mass of some sort.
I’m pretty sure Reddit back in its frontier days had several wacky trends take over.
Just my opinion but I’m loving it and I think it’s a good thing,
Sauce? Big if true but the self licking ice cream cone exists.
The largest non-ID age based verification company currently is owned by pornhub. So, them blocking access in states that aren’t cooperating (which the law is dumb anyway) is more than just a “we don’t agree with the law” it’s also, “we will hold your state hostage until you use our platform”
Sauce: https://medium.com/fingleton/dont-let-the-porn-block-give-mindgeek-a-monopoly-aafdfed270de
Plus the text on their website saying “there are other ID options” = “buy our service”