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You will probably have (b) even without real names. Pseudonymity is hard enough that as we get better at interpreting this data I suspect most will be connecte
by cbr 14y ago
You will probably have (b) even without real names. Pseudonymity is hard enough that as we get better at interpreting this data I suspect most will be connected back to offline identities. Relying on the identity separation we have now to persist is asking for trouble.
- mechanical_fish 14y agoFor social purposes you usually don't need the kind of anonymity that would fool a government agency, or a private investigator, or even the Googlebot. You need plausible deniability and relative obscurity. When someone goes looking for the most embarrassing thing you ever wrote, they often find it. But we treat them the way we'd treat someone who hired a private detective: If they don't have a good reason, we conclude that they're creepy and rude.