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Facebook's Randi Zuckerberg: Anonymity Online 'Has To Go Away'

4 points by pratyushkp 15y ago

dmfdmf 15y ago
As a private company, Facebook is free to set any standards they want but I guarantee that if FB imposes some kind of identification process to create an account they will lose to a social network that does not have such a requirement. Moreover, if she is calling for any kind of government-imposed internet-wide standard she should be vociferously denounce. The whole internet "bullying" is a red-herring and the real problem is that people's feelings get hurt when on the internet. Well too bad, no one has the right not to be insulted or denounced by people who disagree or even hate you and your ideas. It does happen that misbehavior crosses the line into harassment, stalking, etc. and there are plenty of laws already on the books to deal with it though granted that law enforcement is still catching up with the internet. I think that on net, in a free society, that anonymous profiles is a good thing. Just ignore the trolls and morons -- how hard is that? The last thing we need is to create is government regulated internet driver's licenses.
david927 15y ago
Me: Facebook 'Has To Go Away'
rjd 15y ago
"argued that putting an end to anonymity online could help curb bullying and harassment on the web." Oh please like that stops bullying in real life And I have to agree with Matthew Ingram: "Many people believe that requiring real names will solve the problems of trolls and bad behavior, but they don’t" My Facebook feed is nothing but people trolling each other. Right now this is one of the top threads: Person X - ‎100% pomegranate juice is mad sour flavor ... reply 3 - pornogranate ... reply 5 - you asians always eat weird sh/t Sure its friendly, but its reality, my friends do nothing but insult each other and take the piss out of each other all day long. Its just human nature.
prodigal_erik 15y ago
Like Mark, she has worked almost exclusively at Facebook, and so has not experienced career problems caused by a permanent record of every controversial idea she may have ever held. Far from "say whatever I want", a pseudonym is the only way I'm willing to say anything substantive in public (it's a different story off the record among those I personally respect and trust).
- pratyushkp 15y ago
  perfect..+1
pratyushkp 15y ago
anonymity leads to spamming...

4 points by pratyushkp 15y ago

As a private company, Facebook is free to set any standards they want but I guarantee that if FB imposes some kind of identification process to create an account they will lose to a social network that does not have such a requirement. Moreover, if she is calling for any kind of government-imposed internet-wide standard she should be vociferously denounce. The whole internet "bullying" is a red-herring and the real problem is that people's feelings get hurt when on the internet. Well too bad, no one has the right not to be insulted or denounced by people who disagree or even hate you and your ideas. It does happen that misbehavior crosses the line into harassment, stalking, etc. and there are plenty of laws already on the books to deal with it though granted that law enforcement is still catching up with the internet. I think that on net, in a free society, that anonymous profiles is a good thing. Just ignore the trolls and morons -- how hard is that? The last thing we need is to create is government regulated internet driver's licenses.

david927 15y ago

Me: Facebook 'Has To Go Away'

rjd 15y ago

"argued that putting an end to anonymity online could help curb bullying and harassment on the web." Oh please like that stops bullying in real life And I have to agree with Matthew Ingram: "Many people believe that requiring real names will solve the problems of trolls and bad behavior, but they don’t" My Facebook feed is nothing but people trolling each other. Right now this is one of the top threads: Person X - ‎100% pomegranate juice is mad sour flavor ... reply 3 - pornogranate ... reply 5 - you asians always eat weird sh/t Sure its friendly, but its reality, my friends do nothing but insult each other and take the piss out of each other all day long. Its just human nature.

prodigal_erik 15y ago

Like Mark, she has worked almost exclusively at Facebook, and so has not experienced career problems caused by a permanent record of every controversial idea she may have ever held. Far from "say whatever I want", a pseudonym is the only way I'm willing to say anything substantive in public (it's a different story off the record among those I personally respect and trust).

pratyushkp 15y ago
perfect..+1

pratyushkp 15y ago

anonymity leads to spamming...