Comment by ghusto
1 day ago
> they'll force some kind of "real name" online
All of this is terrible, obviously, but this one has a silver lining. The web will be such a nicer place when people can't hide behind anonymity.
1 day ago
> they'll force some kind of "real name" online
All of this is terrible, obviously, but this one has a silver lining. The web will be such a nicer place when people can't hide behind anonymity.
Facebook badly begs to differ.
That's one of the depressing things about sites with "real" (whatever that even means) name policies: turns out people will happily be virulently nasty trolls just as readily without pseudonymity
HN is a much nicer place than any Facebook group.
That will kill the open web for conversations. It will be a sterile, censored place and real conversation will move elsewhere.
Why though? When you talk to a person face to face, are you sterile and self-censored?
Yep,... no one will be able to criticize their employers anymore, nor the local government, police, etc. I mean well. .or risk losing a job or worse.
Yay! /s
That could easily work the same as in real life. Most interactions are not anonymous, but in the cases where anonymity is a requirement, that can be provided. If we can do that in real life, it's even easier online.