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Anonymity isn't going anywhere, nor should it be banned. Some of us, myself included, would prefer communicating with people who use their own identity so they
by williamcotton 2y ago
Anonymity isn't going anywhere, nor should it be banned.
Some of us, myself included, would prefer communicating with people who use their own identity so they can be held accountable for their actions.
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- deadlydose 2y agoThat's exactly how Google finally cleaned up YouTube comments! /s
- lxgr 2y agoI think that would have a pretty concerning chilling effect in many public forums. Not everything needs to be on the public record permanently; among other problems, it makes it that much harder for people to walk themselves back from a previous extreme position as they grow up, make new experiences etc. Of course it depends on the use case, but for some, pseudonyms are really great. It's working pretty well over here, for example!
- williamcotton 2y agoSure, and I have pseudonyms in some forums and I would prefer to continue to use those. That doesn't mean there can't be optional forums or messaging platforms where everyone is required to have state-issued IDs. We're pretty close to a world where anonymous forums are going to be overrun with LLMs that are somewhat indistinguishable from real people. In addition, the main True Identity (TM) platforms are Facebook and Twitter, private companies in a privileged position regarding identity verification. I'd much rather have a public institution issuing PKI enabled ID cards and having individual states operating as certificate authorities with DMVs being the gatekeepers.