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I realized this back in 1997 when dejanews started up. From then on I never posted with my real name, and never will. I only have a very limited internet prese
by plank_time 5y ago
I realized this back in 1997 when dejanews started up. From then on I never posted with my real name, and never will.
I only have a very limited internet presence with my real name and never post any of my opinions on it.
- exo-pla-net 5y agoCaution is still advised. ML identity-matching using your writing patterns/idiosyncracies will likely be a thing in the near future.
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- fuzxi 5y agoI'm envisioning a browser extension that runs your posts back-and-forth through Google Translate and DeepL a few times, scrubbing your post of all personal markings (and nuance).
- david_allison 5y agoStylometry is already a well-studied field, just not typically applied to online datasets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylometry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylometry
- spoonjim 5y agoAnother place people never post with their real name: the voting booth. Hence the big shockers: "How did XXXX win?" It's because nobody who thought that way ever said so out loud.