Twitter Unveils “Country of Origin” Feature – Reddit, Are You Next?

Twitter has just dropped a bombshell: from now on, every tweet comes with a where you’re from badge that can expose a whole army of political influencers as foreign agents. The platform’s new “Country of Origin” feature has sent shockwaves through the internet, and the question on everyone’s mind is: could Reddit do the same, and would we all get a passport stamped in our comment history?

The Reddit Debate

This would be very good and REVEALING of who pushes... certain one-sided ideologies on this platform. It's hilarious how many shills on X said they voted for... but when you check their accounts, they're actually from a different country! I bet there's many shills on reddit as well, it's just so obvious.
I don't think this kind of feature will be used on reddit though, too much power will be lost.

Reddit literally enabled a feature that lets users hide their posts and comment history, so it's pretty clear that reddit would rather shield trolly activity than expose it. Showing account “nationality” is not in their money‑making interests, so they'll never do it. Gotta give the bots and trolls cover of hidden history to keep the active user count higher.

This might be a dumb question, but are foreign intelligence agents really not using VPNs?

So far they are still showing where the account was created and there is some VPN detection. I'm sure there will be workarounds but it has already caused a number of large accounts to instantly lose credibility when JohnMAGAapplepie and BlueNoMatterWho types turn out to be from the other side of the world. It will be a cat and mouse game after those delete and start new.

I wouldn't be surprised if most of those types of accounts are fake, though I've met both types irl too.

TL;DR

Twitter’s new “Country of Origin” feature has turned every tweet into a geopolitical thriller. Reddit might keep its trolls under wraps, but if they ever decide to play Where’s Waldo? with user citizenship, we’ll probably all be waiting for the “You’re from Iceland, but your comments say otherwise” notification. Until then, keep your VPN on and your comments anonymous—just in case.