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So, I'm going to offer a dissenting opinion. Please hear me out before piling on.
The anonymous internet is going to kill the internet. Without verification and attachment back to a real human, eventually the internet will just be flooded with bots, misinformation, and unverifiable information. The dead internet theory.
So, yes, we all worry about "Chinese style social credit scores" or corporate ownership of ID or whatever other dystopian bullshit... But what if you just want to have a site where people can talk to one another and know that they're people that actually have to take responsibility for what they say.
Anyway, I suspect that this will start in isolation. Like when the internet was young and communities were forming with knots of small people... Forums with full verification requirements or similar. Then they will grow once their quality exceeds everything else.
Discuss!
@troyunrau I agree. One reason social media is so toxic is the use of “handles” and “pseudonyms” instead of real, verified names. People will say things to you online that they would not say to your face. If you have a privacy issue with using your real identity, then you can choose not to use the platform.
Facebook has shut down my pseudonymous account because i did not provide a photo of my ID. Try it, you should meet more like-minded people there than on Lemmy