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To get more specific - by which measurable trait would you gatekeep, if you would prefer gatekeeping? Age? Income? IQ? Some sort of social reputation score? Civ
by SilverElfin 1y ago
To get more specific - by which measurable trait would you gatekeep, if you would prefer gatekeeping? Age? Income? IQ? Some sort of social reputation score? Civics tests? What would lead to better choices but also avoid populist revolution?
- Mikhail_Edoshin 1y agoReal identities as a first step?
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> Real identities as a first step? If we could answer the preceding question, we'd have solved society. People are bastards in real life. People are angels anonymously. (If anything, taking away real identities neuters the internet's celebrity tendency.) The only gate with a track record is tendency towards exploration. When the internet was a frontier, it selected for curiosity and, if not intelligence, at least daring (for its own sake). When it became accessible, we got influencers.
- MarkusQ 1y ago> People are bastards in real life. People are angels anonymously. This is exactly the opposite of my experience.
- brabel 1y agoThey must have mixed up the two?!! This is even a meme: the most measured person in real life being absolutely vicious online!