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> I do think humanity would be served by a "real names" database by an entity we could trust to help us connect with each other. Unfortunately, that valuable in
by aestetix 8y ago
> I do think humanity would be served by a "real names" database by an entity we could trust to help us connect with each other. Unfortunately, that valuable info is currently held by an unethical company like Facebook. (My previous comment about this.[0]) They abuse their stewardship of the social graph which is why I adamantly avoid them.
You mean like the phone book?
- 52-6F-62 8y agoThe Yellow Pages are still out there :) They of course don't have unlisted cell phone numbers by default, so it's not of much use these days. Couldn't find myself in Toronto. https://www.yellowpages.ca/ https://www.yellowpages.ca/ https://www.yellowpages.com/ https://www.yellowpages.com/
- rabidrat 8y agoI was looking for someone I knew in college (20 years ago) last night, who has a very common name, and I don't know where they live now. The value of the all-encompassing social network is that I should be able to narrow it down to only a handful of candidates based on their proximity to me in the social graph.