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Well, I actually can see where you're going with this, since my HN account is completely disconnected from almost anything else I do online, or even offline. A
by pferde 7y ago
Well, I actually can see where you're going with this, since my HN account is completely disconnected from almost anything else I do online, or even offline.
Apart from the privacy benefits, however, I feel that it is a net negative, because it prevents me from sharing here a lot of interesting stuff that happens in FOSS projects I am a part of, or at work.
- leppr 7y agoThis is why granular voluntary information disclosure will be super important in the future. A good social network should allow you to post under a different identity, while still tying-in some attributes of your other identity to the new one. For instance you could easily share your real life experience under another name, while still proving you have between 1000 and 1500 karma on another account. This fixes the problems of traditional throwaway accounts (lack of credibility). The only places I see this idea explored is in crypto(currency) projets. This is great because it will be robust and reliable, but the patterns could already easily be applied to today's centralized social networks.
- mirimir 7y agoThat is an interesting idea. If the karma proof were reliably blinded, anyway.
- mirimir 7y agoYes, that is an issue. Each persona can share just a limited slice. But you could have multiple HN accounts, I think. Or at least, I see lots of throwaway usage. However, perhaps having multiple stable accounts violates the terms of use.