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Part of the problem is that "who's making the internet unpleasant" has a different answer depending on who you ask, and having a list of real identities and thu
by kg 1y ago
Part of the problem is that "who's making the internet unpleasant" has a different answer depending on who you ask, and having a list of real identities and thus addresses to associate with your pet out-group is really appealing if the in-group has access to levers of power (or just firearms)
- ordinaryradical 1y agoI think that’s overanalyzing where this comment is coming from. At the level of something like spam or cheating, it’s not really a matter of opinion whether or not someone is participating in good faith. Someone who’s only ever one email address away from exploiting your platform that way really needs to be boxed out in a more permanent way.
- Dylan16807 1y agoIt wouldn't take a very complicated system to have a unique ID token per app that can't be traced to you but you only get one. Which OP addressed.
- aidenn0 1y agoWhich means if a ban test is insufficiently specific, you're toast just because you're unlucky.
- AaronFriel 1y agoI don't think those real identities should be public or deanonymizable from outside a given platform.