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So weird to see people want to have identitiy requirements to post online. I'd prefer to be anonymous, even this account is pushing being to attached to my real

by tayo42 4y ago

So weird to see people want to have identitiy requirements to post online. I'd prefer to be anonymous, even this account is pushing being to attached to my real life identify.

Avamander 4y ago
I think the middle ground, pseudonymity, would be way better than the true form of either end. I think there was some research done that shows how it's also a bit less toxic than the other two. At some point most accounts reveal enough bits to identify someone. To actually keep anonymity is difficult and also comes with the abuse being discussed. Unfortunately I'm not aware of a zero-knowledge real person mapping system. But that would work to a reasonable extent. Any person (no info who) could pick one (active) username on a website. It could curb abuse and doxxing both.
cyanydeez 4y ago
People want authentic social media and realize anonymity does not provide that in the face of any monetary value to the content creation and distribution. The world you're pining for does not exist.
- tayo42 4y ago
  don't we have facebook for that. i don't think its easy to have anonymous accounts there. reddits pretty anonymous, seems to mostly work, and imo better then twitter
- retox 4y ago
  I disagree, but I would be interested in seeing an experiment where users can choose if they want to only see information from accounts that have had their real world identity verified. Hell, if it's important to enough people make that the subscription based slice of the site.
mlindner 4y ago
We need both. We need places where people can speak as themselves online and places people can speak and communicate anonymously. We need both because online is taking the place of face to face conversations more and more than it ever has. There needs to be a way to know that the equivalent of a random person you meet in the bar is actually a human.

by tayo42 4y ago

So weird to see people want to have identitiy requirements to post online. I'd prefer to be anonymous, even this account is pushing being to attached to my real life identify.

Avamander 4y ago

I think the middle ground, pseudonymity, would be way better than the true form of either end. I think there was some research done that shows how it's also a bit less toxic than the other two. At some point most accounts reveal enough bits to identify someone. To actually keep anonymity is difficult and also comes with the abuse being discussed. Unfortunately I'm not aware of a zero-knowledge real person mapping system. But that would work to a reasonable extent. Any person (no info who) could pick one (active) username on a website. It could curb abuse and doxxing both.

cyanydeez 4y ago

People want authentic social media and realize anonymity does not provide that in the face of any monetary value to the content creation and distribution. The world you're pining for does not exist.

tayo42 4y ago
don't we have facebook for that. i don't think its easy to have anonymous accounts there. reddits pretty anonymous, seems to mostly work, and imo better then twitter
retox 4y ago
I disagree, but I would be interested in seeing an experiment where users can choose if they want to only see information from accounts that have had their real world identity verified. Hell, if it's important to enough people make that the subscription based slice of the site.

mlindner 4y ago

We need both. We need places where people can speak as themselves online and places people can speak and communicate anonymously. We need both because online is taking the place of face to face conversations more and more than it ever has. There needs to be a way to know that the equivalent of a random person you meet in the bar is actually a human.