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> FINALLY Identities in comment sections have always been fake and anonymous and this is a good thing even if it results in occasional spam reviews. Legal act
by kanox 8y ago
> FINALLY
Identities in comment sections have always been fake and anonymous and this is a good thing even if it results in occasional spam reviews. Legal action to enforce real IDs would make the internet worse.
I don't get it. I'd expect highly technical forums to value anonymity despite its drawbacks but I'm continuously disappointed.
- velosol 8y agoI don't see where the parent post (or FTC page) mentioned real IDs?
- omouse 8y agoIdentities in comment sections have always been fake and anonymous and this is a good thing even if it results in occasional spam reviews Comments are not the same as reviews. This is why Amazon, for example, has "verified purchase" status for reviews. Reviews can influence a buying decision and are integrated as part of a platform. Comments can influence a buying decision but they live outside the platform and can always be made anonymously on any other platform. The issue in this case was someone purchased fraudulent reviews on someone else's platform where the platform's integrity is severely diminished through that fraud. I support anonymity, as I said I'm in favour of less government interference in markets, but in this case, we need a bigger stick because Amazon and other marketplace platforms don't quite have the technical tools to fight fraudulent reviews. Also I don't think there's a mention of using real ids?