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[–]humancorpse 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

A big part of the problem is the anonymous nature of the internet, which means that our enemies can sit in on our conversations while pretending to be our friends.

If a social media portal were to require full registration of it's users, this bullshit would stop in two seconds.

of course this also means that we would also need to know who the operators of these forums really are.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Yeah it's a sort of paradox of internet forum anonymity.

More anonymous conversations bring about more truth because people don't hold back, but it also allows for bad actors. But having complete identification removes bad actors but also removes the anonymous cover that allows them to speak freely.

[–]humancorpse 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

bad actors need anonymity. good actors like anonymity only because they are duped into being afraid by the bad actors.

it is my opinion that if a social media portal were established that required members to fully identify themselves, pehaps going as far as having a whatsapp video call with them would squash all of the bullshit.

never show fear to your enemies.

the current social media model only serves to turn communications into a clusterfuck for the good actors.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

good actors like anonymity only because they are duped into being afraid by the bad actors.

Well, people do lose the careers over relatively benign statements on a regular basis. It's not an empty fear. There's good reasons good people would want to avoid reprisal for saying the truth

[–]humancorpse 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

people would want to avoid reprisal for saying the truth

welcome to nazi germany.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

and USA during mcarthyism