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You're arguing this on a discussion forum that works just fine without identity verification (since it relies on long-term reputation for pseudonymous accounts)
by idlewords 4y ago
You're arguing this on a discussion forum that works just fine without identity verification (since it relies on long-term reputation for pseudonymous accounts).
- dragontamer 4y agoThis discussion site has moderators actively patrolling for throwaway accounts, and uses shadow-banning to discourage them from messing up our discussions. We need those kinds of assurances to have decent discussions on any site today. I'm not 100% sure if Tumblr has it or how Twitter worked either. But identity is important. Maybe not the _SPECIFIC_ identity of who you or I am. But enough of an identity to say that you (or I) am not double-making accounts, astroturfing opinions or the like.
- idlewords 4y agoThat's what I mean by long-term pseudonymous accounts. My point is that persistent identity (which we are both talking about here) is not the same as verified identity. As long as there's a way to build reputation on the site, readers can distinguish newbie accounts and impostors from long-running community members. You don't need a mechanism to check anyone's ID.