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Right. It’s like removing spam. Frankly, I think Reddit could do the same and give more weight to upvotes from those that prove they’re real. It could help wi
by dd36 4y ago
Right. It’s like removing spam.
Frankly, I think Reddit could do the same and give more weight to upvotes from those that prove they’re real.
It could help with disinformation problems and with finding signal.
- jimkleiber 4y agoI remember reading an article where the CEO of Myspace said one of the main reasons Facebook won was because of its real name policy. <edit>I found the quote [0], which I had quoted in my essay "Why Twitter Should Verify More Users: Towards a More Human Web" [1]: > Facebook’s killer feature was that it replicated the real world by forcing people to use their real names, whereas MySpace users used pseudonymous handles [0]: https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-myspace-ceo-explains-why-101300285.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-myspace-ceo-explains-why-1... [1]: https://medium.com/hackmentalhealth/why-twitter-should-verify-more-users-towards-a-more-human-web-9b7975aac414 https://medium.com/hackmentalhealth/why-twitter-should-verif... </edit> I know one of the things I loved about Facebook was interacting with university-verified humans. Then it got flooded with more and more spam accounts. I hope either these platforms or the next generation of platforms realize there is a strong opportunity for real-name policy platforms. It won't be the whole market, but I'm personally really tired of anonymous accounts. I mostly come to HN because there aren't many real-name platforms that talk about these things. Maybe that's because lots of people don't want it. I guess I just don't buy that argument. I think there's a niche for sure.
- dd36 4y agoInteresting. Thanks!