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I have an anonymous Twitter account so that my true opinions don’t get me fired. This is the fucked up world we live in.

by jgowdy 6y ago

aaron695 6y ago
I 120% oppose cancle culture. So much I'd not report someone for a serious crime who should get fired. Because fk cancel culture. But the reality is you should be fired for current Twitter posts while in your current job. It's a publishing platform. You are running another company. If that company contradicts your current one that's a conflict of interest.
rbecker 6y ago
> an anonymous Twitter account Anonymity is also under attack on most major platforms. Twitter and Facebook now both require phone numbers I believe.
- loteck 6y ago
  Why do you believe that?
  - rbecker 6y ago
    Because that is the experience people have shared online: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8e5m73/twitter_is_forcing_me_to_add_my_phone_number_how/ https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8e5m73/twitter_is_... https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=278494835901458 https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=2784948... To make matters worse, Twitter and Facebook are not up-front about this requirement. They will let you create an account, and then lock you out or suspend you until they get a phone number.
shadowgovt 6y ago
Anonymity so your opinions don't get you fired isn't new to the internet. "On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog" is an old saying indicating how divorcing people's online persona from their real life persona was supposed to create an opportunity for meritocracy to grow. It didn't really work out in practice precisely, but it was a good idea.
jgowdy 6y ago
And of course I mean this is totally untrue. I have no anonymous Twitter account and I follow the group think at every turn. I apologize for joking that I don’t follow the group think at any time. I will of course honor the group think at all times. Please forgive me for this bad joke.

I have an anonymous Twitter account so that my true opinions don’t get me fired. This is the fucked up world we live in.

by jgowdy 6y ago

I have an anonymous Twitter account so that my true opinions don’t get me fired. This is the fucked up world we live in.

aaron695 6y ago

I 120% oppose cancle culture. So much I'd not report someone for a serious crime who should get fired. Because fk cancel culture. But the reality is you should be fired for current Twitter posts while in your current job. It's a publishing platform. You are running another company. If that company contradicts your current one that's a conflict of interest.

rbecker 6y ago

> an anonymous Twitter account Anonymity is also under attack on most major platforms. Twitter and Facebook now both require phone numbers I believe.

loteck 6y ago
Why do you believe that?
- rbecker 6y ago
  Because that is the experience people have shared online: https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8e5m73/twitter_is_forcing_me_to_add_my_phone_number_how/ https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8e5m73/twitter_is_... https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=278494835901458 https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=2784948... To make matters worse, Twitter and Facebook are not up-front about this requirement. They will let you create an account, and then lock you out or suspend you until they get a phone number.

shadowgovt 6y ago

Anonymity so your opinions don't get you fired isn't new to the internet. "On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog" is an old saying indicating how divorcing people's online persona from their real life persona was supposed to create an opportunity for meritocracy to grow. It didn't really work out in practice precisely, but it was a good idea.

jgowdy 6y ago

And of course I mean this is totally untrue. I have no anonymous Twitter account and I follow the group think at every turn. I apologize for joking that I don’t follow the group think at any time. I will of course honor the group think at all times. Please forgive me for this bad joke.