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It took about a decade for people to learn that expressing yourself candidly online must be done anonymously or in a private space, or there will be negative co

It took about a decade for people to learn that expressing yourself candidly online must be done anonymously or in a private space, or there will be negative consequences. I think long-term this will doom facebook (the website), but not meta.

bredren 5y ago
Christopher Poole of 4chan was talked about this in 2011: >Poole complains that Facebook and Google+ are making identity "black and white," forcing users to be the same person in all contexts -- offline, online, at home, at work, etc. "We all have multiple identities. That's not abnormal. It's part of being human. Identity is prismatic," he says. >"We are multi-faceted. Google and Facebook would have you believe you are a mirror, that there is one reflection that you have, one idea of self... but in fact we are more like diamonds. You can look at people from any angle and can see something totally different, but they are still the same." https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/10/20/chris-poole-the-anti-mark-zuckerberg-elegantly-campaigns-for-freedom-of-identity-on-the-web/?sh=4345d1bda668 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/10/20/chris-po...
- foogazi 5y ago
  This is an amazing take thanks for sharing
- Graffur 5y ago
  Great quote. I agree with it 100%. It is so obvious too. We act different with our parents than we do with our peers and different with our children than we do with our colleagues. One Identity/Face isn't sustainable.
- LaundroMat 5y ago
  Has there never been a social network where "faceted identities" are baked in? Something like Reddit, but with the possibility of having a different identity for different subreddits.
  - bredren 5y ago
    We took a shot at this with Gliph. The problem is building a social network people want to use is a problem well out in advance of faceted identities. That is very hard. Building identity management first is a solution in search of a problem.
timeon 5y ago
This was common sense in 90s and early 00s.

bredren 5y ago

Christopher Poole of 4chan was talked about this in 2011: >Poole complains that Facebook and Google+ are making identity "black and white," forcing users to be the same person in all contexts -- offline, online, at home, at work, etc. "We all have multiple identities. That's not abnormal. It's part of being human. Identity is prismatic," he says. >"We are multi-faceted. Google and Facebook would have you believe you are a mirror, that there is one reflection that you have, one idea of self... but in fact we are more like diamonds. You can look at people from any angle and can see something totally different, but they are still the same." https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/10/20/chris-poole-the-anti-mark-zuckerberg-elegantly-campaigns-for-freedom-of-identity-on-the-web/?sh=4345d1bda668 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/10/20/chris-po...

foogazi 5y ago
This is an amazing take thanks for sharing
Graffur 5y ago
Great quote. I agree with it 100%. It is so obvious too. We act different with our parents than we do with our peers and different with our children than we do with our colleagues. One Identity/Face isn't sustainable.
LaundroMat 5y ago
Has there never been a social network where "faceted identities" are baked in? Something like Reddit, but with the possibility of having a different identity for different subreddits.
- bredren 5y ago
  We took a shot at this with Gliph. The problem is building a social network people want to use is a problem well out in advance of faceted identities. That is very hard. Building identity management first is a solution in search of a problem.

timeon 5y ago

This was common sense in 90s and early 00s.