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Given that identity is the basis for most trolling, I'd say identity is a poor proxy for trust. Despite what Facebook and the CIA / NSA may want us to believe,
by pcmaffey 10y ago
Given that identity is the basis for most trolling, I'd say identity is a poor proxy for trust. Despite what Facebook and the CIA / NSA may want us to believe, there's no evidence that a lack of anonymity/privacy leads to greater accountability.
- Edmond 10y agoIdentity can prevent abuse if it can be used as an effective way to keep the trolls out. In the real world if you know behaving badly can get you permanently banned from a place you'd like to have access to, that keeps you in check. Similarly if it was possible for service providers to effectively penalize (from suspension to permanent banning) abusers in a way that they can't easily circumvent (ie create a new account), that'll be effective.
- reitanqild 10y agoProblem is the current system is the worst of both worlds: spammers will continue to create new fake accounts. Honest people get shut up - or outed.
- dredmorbius 10y agoI'd argue that it's reputation, the prevalance of impunity with present systems, and the problem of introducing consequence for misbehaviour, which is the core. These can be changed without requiring full identification and disclosure. And there's a very long history of principled (and some unprincipled) pseudonymous discussion.
- Edmond 10y agoCo-Sign 100% ....in fact anonymous identities is part of the service we're offering: https://www.cipheredtrust.com/doc/#anonymized-identities https://www.cipheredtrust.com/doc/#anonymized-identities It is the perfect balance between privacy and accountability.
- dredmorbius 10y agoThere are wrong ways to offer anonymity: https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/500ysb/the_imzy_experience_well_that_escalated_quickly/ https://www.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/500ysb/the_imz...