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97 points healsdata | 3 comments | 25 Jun 25 11:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.819s | source
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SkipperCat ◴[25 Jun 25 12:37 UTC] No.44376588[source]▶
I'm probably going to get downvoted for this, but most if the Internet should not be anonymous. Anonymity has led to bots, awful cases of trolling and abuse. There should definitely be ways to communicated peer-to-peer anonymously, but posting on Social Media should not be one of them.
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1. swayvil ◴[25 Jun 25 13:00 UTC] No.44376809[source]▶
I agree.

What's more, governance processes for the forum shouldn't be anonymous at all. I mean flagging, voting, moderator action etc.

That's arguably the most important conversation here. Most in need of illumination by public discussion.

But so often (in these social media forums) it is taken one step beyond pseudonymity to full anonymity. Hidden from all eyes.

Why? I never heard a good argument.

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2. z0r ◴[25 Jun 25 13:33 UTC] No.44377157[source]▶
Should people's votes be public in general?
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3. swayvil ◴[25 Jun 25 14:02 UTC] No.44377457[source]▶
There's a good and well known argument against that already. Don't distract from my point.