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I should clarify what I meant by "decay"--services can continue to grow, but if the quality (defined loosely) goes below a certain point, I think it's hard to m

by sama 13y ago

I should clarify what I meant by "decay"--services can continue to grow, but if the quality (defined loosely) goes below a certain point, I think it's hard to make them into really valuable businesses.

mcantelon 13y ago
Reddit is anonymous, one of the fastest growing sites on the Internet, and Bill Gates is doing a QA on it as we speak. Seems like a site's culture/ranking algorithms determine quality rather than whether or not a site's anonymous.
- aidenn0 13y ago
  Reddit is pseudonymous; the difference is important, as if it were truly anonymous Gates would not be able to do an AMA
  - argumentum 13y ago
    It's more correct to say that Reddit (like HN) is a hybrid of anonymity and identity. It can be truly anonymous (you can quickly create a throwaway account) or you can "prove" to the admins that you are who you say you are (like Bill Gates).
    - aidenn0 13y ago
      That sounds like a definition of "pseudonymous" to me. Particularly since moot has claimed for a while that part of what makes 4chan works is that you can't maintain an identity.
- blah32497 13y ago
  arguably reddit has also "decayed" quite a bit The quality of the conversation has gotten worse and worse, things are targeted towards the lowest common denominator. You need to go to specific subreddits or really dig around in the shit to find the gems. The flip side is that it generates a ton of content. To the signal to noise is horrible, but in aggregate there is more interesting stuff going on then on slashdot or wherever
webwanderings 13y ago
Not exactly sure about the service you're looking to discuss anonymity on social media. But the issue is ultimately not of anonymity, rather a context. Social sites like Facebook are fine for social interaction, but they are missing a boat when they don't give individual contexts to different situations, all pertaining to a single person. I'd rather be anonymous in one context and not anonymous in another, but Facebook doesn't provide such feature. Sites like Reddit on the other hand are at the opposite spectrum. You are technically anonymous across the board. The balance between the two is that of context. Give people the ability to set their own context and that would be the ultimately best social Internet.
hotpockets 13y ago
Postsecret is doing ok. Just remove doxing and other detrimental elements and it will be fine.

by sama 13y ago

mcantelon 13y ago

Reddit is anonymous, one of the fastest growing sites on the Internet, and Bill Gates is doing a QA on it as we speak. Seems like a site's culture/ranking algorithms determine quality rather than whether or not a site's anonymous.

aidenn0 13y ago
Reddit is pseudonymous; the difference is important, as if it were truly anonymous Gates would not be able to do an AMA
- argumentum 13y ago
  It's more correct to say that Reddit (like HN) is a hybrid of anonymity and identity. It can be truly anonymous (you can quickly create a throwaway account) or you can "prove" to the admins that you are who you say you are (like Bill Gates).
  - aidenn0 13y ago
    That sounds like a definition of "pseudonymous" to me. Particularly since moot has claimed for a while that part of what makes 4chan works is that you can't maintain an identity.
blah32497 13y ago
arguably reddit has also "decayed" quite a bit The quality of the conversation has gotten worse and worse, things are targeted towards the lowest common denominator. You need to go to specific subreddits or really dig around in the shit to find the gems. The flip side is that it generates a ton of content. To the signal to noise is horrible, but in aggregate there is more interesting stuff going on then on slashdot or wherever

webwanderings 13y ago

Not exactly sure about the service you're looking to discuss anonymity on social media. But the issue is ultimately not of anonymity, rather a context. Social sites like Facebook are fine for social interaction, but they are missing a boat when they don't give individual contexts to different situations, all pertaining to a single person. I'd rather be anonymous in one context and not anonymous in another, but Facebook doesn't provide such feature. Sites like Reddit on the other hand are at the opposite spectrum. You are technically anonymous across the board. The balance between the two is that of context. Give people the ability to set their own context and that would be the ultimately best social Internet.

hotpockets 13y ago

Postsecret is doing ok. Just remove doxing and other detrimental elements and it will be fine.