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having a delete button is a crackpipe dream. be realistic. having an alias is not perfect, of course. but it's time proven and the best trade off. Heck, name o
by gcb0 14y ago
having a delete button is a crackpipe dream. be realistic.
having an alias is not perfect, of course. but it's time proven and the best trade off. Heck, name one writer trhu history that didn't start with a pen-name.
- hdevalence 14y agoI didn't advocate a delete button; I think it's a stupid idea. My point is that having aliases is not sufficient, and will become less so over time, especially as the prevalence and sophistication of algorithmic surveillance increases.
- gcb0 14y agomy bad. indeed i see your point now. since there's no extra suggestion in your post, i wrongly made that assumption. But nobody is talking about just having an alias. the idea of anonymity is to have an effective alias. be it writing a fake name to using Tor. Whatever is necessary to make it happen. in the past, pen-named authors also had to take extra precautions to take the manuscripts to the publisher. it wasn't a sure deal back then, it's not now.
- yuhong 14y agoI consider aliases only a workaround, not a fix anyway.