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I don't see what the appeal is on having a permanent message board. Certainly almost everyone who has spent a lot of time online has said something that they wi

by throwaway2016a 10y ago

I don't see what the appeal is on having a permanent message board. Certainly almost everyone who has spent a lot of time online has said something that they wish they could take offline. I think what we really need is more transience in online discussions. If I said something when I was 14 years old that shouldn't come up when an employer searches for me. I was a completely different person then. Heck, that's why I don't use my real name on HN. This seems like a step in the wrong direction. However, there are real concerns for censorship.

jMyles 10y ago
The fact that today's 14 year old are most certainly creating records which will be viewed in the future is incontrovertible. The result will be, I think, that employers (and other decision makers) will learn not to judge someone for comments made when they were 14. The fact that our lives are increasingly documented means that we'll all have to be less judgmental about our shared weaknesses and growing pains, and that's a good thing.
- smhost 10y ago
  This is the most optimistic thing I've ever read. I hope you're right.
  - kordless 10y ago
    Consider the inevitable conclusion that all information shared "publicly" will eventually make its way to the public domain.
- cJ0th 10y ago
  That's an optimistic take on it. I could imagine that there will be companies who score the personality development of a person for HR departments.
  - abakker 10y ago
    Thats a pretty decent idea, though, isn't it?
    - stagbeetle 10y ago
      Some people aren't comfortable with being rated like that. Others complain that personality profiling is still largely inaccurate and would rather not have their futures based on it. It's a bit like the IQ testing for employment placing.
- bredren 10y ago
  This is also the opinion of Back to the Future writer Bob Gale. See his comments on privacy here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/21/how-back-to-the-future-predicted-trump.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/21/how-back-to...
nrdwavexe 10y ago
you can pass laws for that in the real world. Just make it illegal for an employer to ask ANYTHING beyond what is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to get the job done and NOTHING ELSE.
pavel_lishin 10y ago
The flipside is searching for an obscure technical problem or bug, and finding a link to a forum that claims to have a solution... only to have the server respond with a 404, or timing out entirely, or seeing a parked domain. The 14 year olds of tomorrow will learn not to shitpost under an easily identifiable alias, the employers of tomorrow will learn that a decade old "GGEZ" doesn't disqualify someone from employment, and the me of tomorrow might be able to finally figure out this piece of software doesn't work.
aaron-santos 10y ago
When it comes to blockchain-based message boards, I feel like it's a question of when not if. There's a small but vocal culture that has demand for censorless social media. You can see it bubble up when Reddit bans entire subs[1][2][3]. We've had other discussion about blockchain-based social media too[4]. The difficulty seems to be in creating a viable currency/social model and not technological feasibility. [1] http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/1/14478948/reddit-alt-right-ban-altright-alternative-right-subreddits-doxing http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/1/14478948/reddit-alt-right-b... [2] http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-23/reddit-bans-pizzagate-we-dont-want-witchhunts-our-site http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-23/reddit-bans-pizzaga... [3] https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2014/09/12/huffington-post-disputes-reddit-ban/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2014/09/... [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12401403 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12401403
TeMPOraL 10y ago
I disagree. I'm all for permanence - Internet is already too ephemeral. Personally, I love discovering old discussion threads I participated in 15 years ago. It's nostalgic.

jMyles 10y ago

The fact that today's 14 year old are most certainly creating records which will be viewed in the future is incontrovertible. The result will be, I think, that employers (and other decision makers) will learn not to judge someone for comments made when they were 14. The fact that our lives are increasingly documented means that we'll all have to be less judgmental about our shared weaknesses and growing pains, and that's a good thing.

smhost 10y ago
This is the most optimistic thing I've ever read. I hope you're right.
- kordless 10y ago
  Consider the inevitable conclusion that all information shared "publicly" will eventually make its way to the public domain.
cJ0th 10y ago
That's an optimistic take on it. I could imagine that there will be companies who score the personality development of a person for HR departments.
- abakker 10y ago
  Thats a pretty decent idea, though, isn't it?
  - stagbeetle 10y ago
    Some people aren't comfortable with being rated like that. Others complain that personality profiling is still largely inaccurate and would rather not have their futures based on it. It's a bit like the IQ testing for employment placing.
bredren 10y ago
This is also the opinion of Back to the Future writer Bob Gale. See his comments on privacy here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/21/how-back-to-the-future-predicted-trump.html http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/21/how-back-to...

nrdwavexe 10y ago

you can pass laws for that in the real world. Just make it illegal for an employer to ask ANYTHING beyond what is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to get the job done and NOTHING ELSE.

pavel_lishin 10y ago

The flipside is searching for an obscure technical problem or bug, and finding a link to a forum that claims to have a solution... only to have the server respond with a 404, or timing out entirely, or seeing a parked domain. The 14 year olds of tomorrow will learn not to shitpost under an easily identifiable alias, the employers of tomorrow will learn that a decade old "GGEZ" doesn't disqualify someone from employment, and the me of tomorrow might be able to finally figure out this piece of software doesn't work.

aaron-santos 10y ago

When it comes to blockchain-based message boards, I feel like it's a question of when not if. There's a small but vocal culture that has demand for censorless social media. You can see it bubble up when Reddit bans entire subs[1][2][3]. We've had other discussion about blockchain-based social media too[4]. The difficulty seems to be in creating a viable currency/social model and not technological feasibility. [1] http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/1/14478948/reddit-alt-right-ban-altright-alternative-right-subreddits-doxing http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/1/14478948/reddit-alt-right-b... [2] http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-23/reddit-bans-pizzagate-we-dont-want-witchhunts-our-site http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-23/reddit-bans-pizzaga... [3] https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2014/09/12/huffington-post-disputes-reddit-ban/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2014/09/... [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12401403 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12401403

TeMPOraL 10y ago

I disagree. I'm all for permanence - Internet is already too ephemeral. Personally, I love discovering old discussion threads I participated in 15 years ago. It's nostalgic.