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This could be easily accomplished by simply putting an end to online anonymity - a trend that hasn't quite arrived yet. [...] Online anonymity is just a leftove
by alex_c 17y ago
This could be easily accomplished by simply putting an end to online anonymity - a trend that hasn't quite arrived yet. [...] Online anonymity is just a leftover from the early days of the web - a time when there really just weren't other options. You just created a handle, set up an account, and began to write. Now that we have the tools to identify each other, shouldn't we begin to use them? Think of all the problems it would solve[...]
This sounds a bit like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. There's a lot of talk of "the problems it would solve", but what would the costs be?
- cosinepi 17y agoLower participation and, as a result, maybe lower advertising earnings. On the other hand, the cost of not controlling bad content could be much higher both in monetary and non-monetary terms.
- rue 17y ago...Says Mr. Cosinepi :)
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- froo 17y agoFlipside, it could also mean higher advertising rates given the traffic is more qualified if the discussion doesn't degenerate into trolling behaviour. Think about it, sites like 4chan have issues with getting advertisers BECAUSE of the extreme anonymity.
- alexgartrell 17y agoOr how about the complete lack of privacy? Let's be real, the government has a thing for overstepping its right to follow you around. Why turn every action on the net into a key, value pair that clearly identifies you, just to stop a few teenagers from crapping on a writer of novels for young people and a rock star?