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Isn't the trend going away from anonymous interaction on the web? Facebook Connect is an example. Just like anonymous comments on our blogs, we see them with ve
by duck 17y ago
Isn't the trend going away from anonymous interaction on the web? Facebook Connect is an example. Just like anonymous comments on our blogs, we see them with very little value and often just trolls causing trouble. I would never believe anything about anyone that was submitted anonymously.
- steveklabnik 17y agoThe important thing is this, though: it doesn't matter if you'll believe it, it matters if everyone else will.
- duck 17y agoI don't see it that way. I care what my friends might think, but they wouldn't be the ones that would be anonymous (nor would they believe a faceless site over their real world experiences). Everyone else? Who cares. Some of the treads on here mention getting a job or your boss seeing something. Do you really want to work with someone that would let their decisions be swayed by something like this? In reality the same thing can happen now at work, but it isn't a problem so I don't see this changing that.
- steveklabnik 17y ago> Do you really want to work with someone that would let their decisions be swayed by something like this? Absolutely not. This is why I have forearm tattoos and stretched ears. But many other people absolutely do care. My mom was incredibly upset when I got my first visible tattoo. "You're never going to find a job." Those of us here are of a different breed than out in the greater world.
- prodigal_erik 17y ago> Do you really want to work with someone that would let their decisions be swayed by something like this? Yes. I would not bet my life that I will never need to, though I've always been more fortunate than that. I wouldn't last very long, the way we treat the homeless.