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User ID verification: A solution to social media's problems
- janandonly 2y agoOh, I see we’re doing this again. This is easily one of the top three extremely wrong ideas that rises like a zombie every few years and has to be shot in the head until it stops twitching. Source: https://x.com/evacide/status/1853286485820404015 https://x.com/evacide/status/1853286485820404015
- raxxorraxor 2y agoWell, that is his opinion. > Previously, I have been outspoken against verification systems. I believe this to be a lie. I think he wants to sell some kind of shitty product to be honest. > Instead of relying exclusively on government-controlled verification processes, an alternative is for social media companies to partner with a vendor or create their own verification systems. Yeah, he probably wants just that. > There certainly are many circumstances where anonymity must be protected, as for whistleblowers, journalistic sources, political dissidents and others speaking truth to power. But when it comes to social networking, anonymity creates far more problems than it solves. This paragraph doesn't make sense. You cannot restore your anonymity.