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This is all true, but the degree to which I get to control how much other long-time channel denizens know about me is much more under my control. I can even ma
by hprotagonist 9y ago
This is all true, but the degree to which I get to control how much other long-time channel denizens know about me is much more under my control. I can even mask my IP pretty easily.
A real-name, photo-required, rich-media equivalent (i.e, twitter) tips the balance of mandatory disclosure away from my favor.
- praisewhitey 9y agoTwitter doesn't require a real name or photo (I use neither) and has as much rich media as the IRC channels I sit in.
- hprotagonist 9y agoi'm not a twitter user, but i have been led to believe that eggs are generally not trusted.
- jpindar 9y agoWhen they say eggs they mean accounts that literally do not have any avatar image, and are thus probably operated by newbies or bots. A quick check of my feed shows that at least half of the accounts I follow don't have an image of a person or a name that could be a real name. Of those that do, some are clearly not the picture or real name of the user of the account.
- retailbuyout 9y agoTwitter has many, many other issues, including an absolutely terrible interface for meaningful discussion. Good for swapping gifs; bad for talking about anything with complexity.