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The Rolodex re-purposed, keeping track of all of our own identities instead of other's I do think this is interesting as an adaption, though to have any cohere
by alextheparrot 6y ago
The Rolodex re-purposed, keeping track of all of our own identities instead of other's
I do think this is interesting as an adaption, though to have any coherence of identity then that identity will need to re-used. That makes an interesting game, where people effectively wager different amounts of reputation, while understanding that some or total loss of that reputation could also occur.
The natural advantage to having reputation is that you are better discovery status, more exposure. Imagine debating if the "top" tier identity or the "low" tier identity should be used to promote a new idea, as it is riskier.
Overall, I think this expansion of pseudonymity as a society would just lead to additional fragmentation of personality. The "coherence" of a person as one, consistent individual is an interesting breakdown of self. We see this already with "online" vs "real-life" personalities can be highly divergent (Insta-self vs actual-self).
- bobbiechen 6y ago> Imagine debating if the "top" tier identity or the "low" tier identity should be used to promote a new idea, as it is riskier. This sentence reminds me a lot of Ender's Game, in which the characters of Locke and Demosthenes are created to contrast views. > They used throwaway names with their early efforts, not the identities that Peter planned to make famous and influential... When Peter was satisfied that they knew how to sound adult, he killed the old identities and they began to prepare to attract real attention.
- neilv 6y agoI think xkcd's take on how that would play out is more typical: https://xkcd.com/635/ https://xkcd.com/635/