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What most affects discourse isn't someone's name, but certain data one can find out if one knows someone's name. What kinds of data? Depending on the conversat
by thomassmith65 8mo ago
What most affects discourse isn't someone's name, but certain data one can find out if one knows someone's name.
What kinds of data? Depending on the conversation, it could be: age, nationality, academic credentials, profession, criminal record, etc.
The net could use a standard way to verify details that matter about a user. This would let users keep their real names private, without making it so easy for bot armies, paid agitators, bullshit artists, trolls, and others to poison public discourse.
- telesilla 8mo agoUnless you are innocuously named Thomas Smith, yes it's incredibly dangerous to require real, usually traceable names. In protest we can all change our name to Thomas Smith (even us women) and then we'll see how fun it is for those that demanded this.
- thomassmith65 8mo agoI guess that would be 'homonymity' instead of 'pseudonymity' or 'anonymity'. If everyone uses the same name, 'Spartacus' would be a good choice. https://youtu.be/FKCmyiljKo0 https://youtu.be/FKCmyiljKo0
- cyanydeez 8mo agoPretty sure what matters is whether the entity is a bot or shill. Having some "fantastic" TLD to filter out the astroturf would be a priority.