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X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research (www.timeshighereducation.com)
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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How does reddit implement this? Afaik famous peoples accounts were known only by reputation and if they posted some form of image verification publicly, but there wasnt any identity verification going on on reddits end. Thats how it used to be everywhere, and how it probably should still be. If you saw an account claiming to be someone, you didn't believe it was actually them unless you could check it out and verify their identity in some way.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Should or shouldn't doesn't matter. The majority wants an account that doesn't require external verification.

    Ignore the fact that that's not truly possible. People will go to whatever platform makes them feel it's true the best.

    Being capable of effectively convincing people your platform will provide this is a baseline requirement to even start having this discussion. The anonymous Internet isn't something most people want

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    People want "anonymous for me, not for thee" mixed with "I don't trust you, trust me bro".

    Starting from a basis that people want a contradiction, people will go to whichever platform "cons" them better.

    Facebook had a real name policy, then it didn't. Twitter had an anonymous policy, then it added verified accounts, now anyone can buy the blue, so they added a gold.

    Meanwhile, people don't want to understand that others can behave in different ways or capacities at different times, but if course want full understanding for themselves.

    Goggle's Circles had the right idea, but it failed explosively by showing their hand to people who want to pretend it doesn't exist.

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