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I think LinkedIn is a good example of what you would get without anonymity… and it’s a pretty bleak and boring landscape. Unfortunately, I don’t think there is
by berniedurfee 4y ago
I think LinkedIn is a good example of what you would get without anonymity… and it’s a pretty bleak and boring landscape.
Unfortunately, I don’t think there is a middle ground for public forums. Humans seem to be hardwired to be awful when given the opportunity.
The days of cable TV and email list flamewars seem pretty quaint right about now.
- hnarn 4y ago> I think LinkedIn is a good example of what you would get without anonymity I think that would be true if the only characteristic of LinkedIn was that it's "not anonymous", but that's not true. LinkedIn is very explicitly a "professional network" which means that the implicit expectation is that you modify your behavior in the same way as you would in a professional setting. At least in theory, I think that a social network similar to Twitter or Facebook that contained only verified profiles of real people is something that would make me interested in signing up. Whether that's true for people in general though, I have no idea.
- saint_fiasco 4y agoDidn't Google+ try to do that already? I remember they banned users with fake names, or with real names that looked like they might be fake.
- berniedurfee 4y agoThey did and people freaked out. Other than mismanagement, I think that move is one that doomed the service. Would have been interesting to see it through.
- hnarn 4y agoI don’t agree that “banning users with fake names” is functionally equivalent to “ensure all users have verified identities”.