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Veperon – Verified Persons Only

1 points by peterolle 7y ago

• No anonymous • No fake users • No trolls • No haters • No johnys6786 • No bullying • No fake news The Social Network for Verified Persons Only. Every user needs to be verified to Sign Up and choose an Username. This is how we make sure √eperon is not only authentic and real, but also safe and secure for everyone. Real and authentic people only. https://veperon.com Thank you all for your feedback.

gus_massa 7y ago
Facebook ask for your national ID and phone numbers a few times, and enforce the real name policy. It's not 100% verified person only, but it's close enough for most people. (And it's too much for a minor group of persons.) No bullying / fake news: This requires a huge amount of moderation. People is stupid and will do stupid things like bullying or sharing fake news.
- peterolle 7y ago
  98% of Facebook accounts are anonymous (note verified) you open an account and use the name you want, Charles Johnson and done. It also has millions of fake users without any kind of verification that are used for marketing purposes, not real humans. What you see for bullying and fake news today, 100% of the times come from anonymous users. (jhon45738HT) There is no real user and verified that you see bullying publicly in any social network. People hide behind anonimity to do stuff they don't when you know who they are. lame, but it's like that.
thedevindevops 7y ago
I don't understand, how does user verification stop trolls, haters, bullying or fake news?
- peterolle 7y ago
  What you see for trolls, haters, bullying, etc... today, 100% of the times come from anonymous users. (jhon45738HT) There is no real user and verified that you see bullying publicly in any social network. People hide behind anonimity to do stuff they don't when you know who they are. lame, but it's like that.
  - Juliate 7y ago
    Perhaps you should check Twitter, some time (and not only that). You'll see plenty of very prominent 100% authentic people spouting hate, lies and threats.
    - peterolle 7y ago
      Correct, but we are talking about the 98% of the problem, not the 1%.
mtmail 7y ago
"To receive an invite please send an email to hello@veperon.com including: 1- A photo of yourself holding and offical ID. 2- A photo of your official ID both sides." Unencrypted email to a company that doesn't even say where their office is. Terms of service include "You agree that Veperon will have no obligation to provide you with any support in connection with the Site."
- peterolle 7y ago
  Yes, there are a lot of things to improve. It is in beta now, trying to get interested users in a Social Network like this and to get all possible feedback to make it a better network. For sure things will change to improve in the future.
Juliate 7y ago
Haters, trolls, bullies are 100% real and authentic people.
- peterolle 7y ago
  Under an anonymous name and user.
defuzer 7y ago
I don't see the value proposition here? It seems like it's more likely to become an echo chamber for people who conform to the politically correct narrative. Because of the fact people are verified it means punitive measures would be easier to enforce. Imagine a more bland version of LinkedIn...
- peterolle 7y ago
  Not at all, just authentic people being comfortable being themselves and sharing with others under they real name. Not faking or hiding behind an anonymous user to be able to share things. It is not for everyone and for sure it will not be easy, but there are people that would like something like this and the idea is to reach them.
  - defuzer 7y ago
    I think you are conflating authentic expression with expression that you like. At the end of the day the last thing we need is more ways to track and punish thought.

1 points by peterolle 7y ago

gus_massa 7y ago

Facebook ask for your national ID and phone numbers a few times, and enforce the real name policy. It's not 100% verified person only, but it's close enough for most people. (And it's too much for a minor group of persons.) No bullying / fake news: This requires a huge amount of moderation. People is stupid and will do stupid things like bullying or sharing fake news.

peterolle 7y ago
98% of Facebook accounts are anonymous (note verified) you open an account and use the name you want, Charles Johnson and done. It also has millions of fake users without any kind of verification that are used for marketing purposes, not real humans. What you see for bullying and fake news today, 100% of the times come from anonymous users. (jhon45738HT) There is no real user and verified that you see bullying publicly in any social network. People hide behind anonimity to do stuff they don't when you know who they are. lame, but it's like that.

thedevindevops 7y ago

I don't understand, how does user verification stop trolls, haters, bullying or fake news?

peterolle 7y ago
What you see for trolls, haters, bullying, etc... today, 100% of the times come from anonymous users. (jhon45738HT) There is no real user and verified that you see bullying publicly in any social network. People hide behind anonimity to do stuff they don't when you know who they are. lame, but it's like that.
- Juliate 7y ago
  Perhaps you should check Twitter, some time (and not only that). You'll see plenty of very prominent 100% authentic people spouting hate, lies and threats.
  - peterolle 7y ago
    Correct, but we are talking about the 98% of the problem, not the 1%.

mtmail 7y ago

"To receive an invite please send an email to hello@veperon.com including: 1- A photo of yourself holding and offical ID. 2- A photo of your official ID both sides." Unencrypted email to a company that doesn't even say where their office is. Terms of service include "You agree that Veperon will have no obligation to provide you with any support in connection with the Site."

peterolle 7y ago
Yes, there are a lot of things to improve. It is in beta now, trying to get interested users in a Social Network like this and to get all possible feedback to make it a better network. For sure things will change to improve in the future.

Juliate 7y ago

Haters, trolls, bullies are 100% real and authentic people.

peterolle 7y ago
Under an anonymous name and user.

defuzer 7y ago

I don't see the value proposition here? It seems like it's more likely to become an echo chamber for people who conform to the politically correct narrative. Because of the fact people are verified it means punitive measures would be easier to enforce. Imagine a more bland version of LinkedIn...

peterolle 7y ago
Not at all, just authentic people being comfortable being themselves and sharing with others under they real name. Not faking or hiding behind an anonymous user to be able to share things. It is not for everyone and for sure it will not be easy, but there are people that would like something like this and the idea is to reach them.
- defuzer 7y ago
  I think you are conflating authentic expression with expression that you like. At the end of the day the last thing we need is more ways to track and punish thought.