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In my opinion we should be countering the normalisation of using a single identity/persona for all offline and online activities across multiple platforms, not
by krono 4y ago
In my opinion we should be countering the normalisation of using a single identity/persona for all offline and online activities across multiple platforms, not encourage it. The consequences for rubbing public opinion the wrong way are too significant, too long lasting, and far too easily triggered (through misinterpretation or even as the result of weaponisation by some or other adversary).
- nemoniac 4y agoCouldn't agree more. So put your university identity on this instance and put your other identities on other instances. Have a football-fan identity, a political identity, a tap-dancing identity. Be multi-faceted!
- vvladi 4y agoStudents can choose a username. They can identify themself or choose not to. The application (mastodon) receives a pseudonymID from the identity provider (educational institution).
- krono 4y agoThanks for clarifying, this makes things slightly better than I had originally assumed. The personal connection still being on file with an authority remains a pain point though.
- college_physics 4y agoWhy? This would only be a problem if the student or other participants are unaware of the nature of such an account. In principle the initiative is lowering the threshold of learning about decentralized platforms. Nobody is preventing anybody joining another instance or running their own if they need it
- krono 4y agoI have only declared my concerns with regards to the unintended side-effect of this project as explained in my top level comment. I have no qualms with and never even brought up this "principle of the initiative" as you call it.
- x86_64Ubuntu 4y agoIt's really not that difficult.
- krono 4y ago> It's really not that difficult. What exactly isn't?