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> your well-performed outrage over fears of harassment Sorry, but this phrase illustrates your lack of good faith in this discussion.
by wildmanx 5y ago
> your well-performed outrage over fears of harassment
Sorry, but this phrase illustrates your lack of good faith in this discussion.
- wpietri 5y agoI have plenty of good faith here. What I don't have is time for people who when asked reasonable questions give drama instead of answers. Is online harassment a big problem? Yes, and it's one I spend my days working to solve. Is the inability to anonymously pay for a domain name a significant part of that problem? No, it isn't.
- wildmanx 5y agoI see your argument, and after having browsed around on your homepage and such, I see that you are a reasonable guy. Is it really so hard to believe that there are legitimate reasons for wanting to anonymously acquire a domain name? One of the selling points of crypto currencies is the ability to do anonymous payments. That's multi-billion dollars big (even if one considers most of that somewhere between "scam" and "bubble"). All sorts of people desire anonymity in what they do, not just criminals. The GP may not have made the case very well, but minorities are certainly weary of being tracked, so are one example of a group that may desire an extra layer of protection. It's not hard to imagine other groups. Dissidents, folks who want to keep focus on message instead of messenger, whistleblowers, .. It may be hard to see this from a privileged point of view (mine certainly is), but that doesn't mean it's not real or that only criminals want anonymity.
- wpietri 5y agoI'm not very interested in imagining the reasons. And I'm not interested at all in things other people imagine and then use to justify real-world policy. If we're weighing against actual harm, what I want is other actualities.