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With all the existing issues with abuse on twitter won't this just acerbate the problem?
by biaxident 11y ago
With all the existing issues with abuse on twitter won't this just acerbate the problem?
- wilozxc 11y agoMy goal is for this to be used for: giving feedback, poking fun at companies and politicians, or maybe having a fun time with your friends. I hope it is not used for abuse and I do have ways of prevent abuse in place!
- jarcane 11y agoYes. I would say I'm shocked anyone thought this was a good idea, but I'm not, sadly. Privileged nerds seem perpetually oblivious of any problem that doesn't personally harm them.
- icebraining 11y agoHas abuse actually happened? Have you considered that the author might have actually thought about it? Hurray for pre-condemnation.
- jarcane 11y agoIt's called forethought. I know that doesn't fit well with the whole "move fast, break stuff" attitude in SV, but then, tech people usually aren't the ones being broken.
- icebraining 11y agoAgain, how do you actually know the author hasn't thought about it? I'm not praising the attitude your referring to, I'm criticizing your prejudices against the author, the baseless assumption that (s)he fits the label of "oblivious privileged SV tech nerd" you've decided to attribute.
- jarcane 11y agoIf it takes you more than 30 seconds to come to "An app that allows anonymous public messages on a social network currently wracked by abuse is not a good idea", you haven't been thinking.
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- icebraining 11y agoI think you're confusing "anonymous" with "uncensored". Nothing prevents these messages from being filtered for abuse. Not to mention that being a single account, and hence easily blocked, the potential for abuse is minimal compared to the alternative of simply creating a new Twitter account, which would be just as anonymous.
- hammock 11y agoYou could look at it that way. Or you could look at it as focusing a chunk of abuse into one account from many, which is easier to block.