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Maybe psudoanonymity - using a single handle for years and years and building up an identity is dying off... but anonymity certainly isn't. I registered this h
by clubm8 8y ago
Maybe psudoanonymity - using a single handle for years and years and building up an identity is dying off... but anonymity certainly isn't.
I registered this handle via Tor. I don't use it on any other sites. I'll probably ditch it after a year or two, since on a long enough timeline little bits of info slip out when making substantive comments. An astute observer can suss out what times I post, what topics I comment on, and make educated guesses about my identity.
I have a "real" identity - a public persona. It has a cutesy nickname, a twitter handle, and all the other online presence. But it's all incredibly carefully curated, since as the article points out, one slip up and you're done. The feeling when posting with it is so suffocating I rarely do.
- deytempo 8y agoIf you use one anonymous handle long enough, a neural net will eventually be able to connect your subconscious mannerisms to posts made by your true identity.
- chii 8y ago> public persona i keep my public internet persona as public as it needs to be - but i do not want it to be connectable to my physical persona. I want people to take what i say for what it is, rather than who i am in real life. But, i do want people to judge what i have said in the past as my public internet persona, because this will give me incentive to not be hypocritical, and also to ensure i project a single, unified point of view throughout my history. Being _too_ anonymous means you don't consider what you say, nor what the effects might be. It may lead to detrimental results for large systems, and i won't be part of that.