• @yeahiknow3
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    10 days ago

    Anonymity on social media is how we got here. You can have anonymity elsewhere on the web. Wanna post on instagram comments? You shouldn’t be anonymous.

    • NekuSoul
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      210 days ago

      So how exactly would you decide which platforms are allowed to be anonymous then?

      • Avid Amoeba
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        -110 days ago

        Number of users is an obvious example. There are others.

        • NekuSoul
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          9 days ago

          So what happens when a platform grows and that threshold is reached one day? Force everyone to de-anonymize and potentially reveal sensitive information about themselves or abandon their account?

          There’s just no good way to force only some to de-anonymize without running into problems.

          While I believe in the right to online anonymity, I also don’t think that de-anonymization would even work, when I see the same garbage being posted in places that enforce real names. It just doesn’t seem like a detractor to those types of people.

          Instead, I’d rather want to see harsher punishments for big sites failing to moderate their content. I’d also take a look at these personalized “recommendation” engine and maybe ban them altogether. (Bonus points if it also affects personalized ads.)

          • Avid Amoeba
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            9 days ago

            Try to come up with a reasonable process for transitioning between the thresholds or stop pretending you’re interested in anything but proving your point.

            • NekuSoul
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              210 days ago

              Sorry, but this comment left me completely stunlocked. Why am I supposed to solve the problems to a problem you’ve created? Since when is trying to prove your point not how an argument works? What even is an argument anymore?

              • @yeahiknow3
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                9 days ago

                You can still have your dumb username. We just need to make sure you’re not a child or a Russian. Alternatively, we could also just wait for authoritarianism to make social media completely illegal or unusable. That’s our current track.

                • NekuSoul
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                  19 days ago

                  I see you implying everyone arguing against you is either a dumb moron, a child or russians in your other comments, so it’s worthless arguing against your, ironically, authoritarianism-fueled idea.

                  Bye.