Fair, but the failure mode of anonymity is less "asshole" and more "endless stream of abuse". It's extraordinarily difficult to manage the levels of abuse that are possible with full anonymity, since it becomes fairly easy to essentially flood the zone. An identity -- even a pseudonymous one -- can be managed in organized ways. But true anonymity is sort of an undifferentiated mass, which is much more challenging.
If it was possible to build reliable automated tools to deal with that sort of thing, I might change my mind, but that's getting into essentially "trustworthy AI", and I think we're a fair ways from that being a valid phrase.
Basically, it's a management problem. So when I talk about carving out niches for anonymity in limited ways, I'm thinking along the lines of allowing anonymous posting in one's own DW -- an individual is taking responsibility for managing the consequences, and there is a way to cut it off when the bots discover it and start attacking in earnest.
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Date: 2023-06-21 01:51 am (UTC)Fair, but the failure mode of anonymity is less "asshole" and more "endless stream of abuse". It's extraordinarily difficult to manage the levels of abuse that are possible with full anonymity, since it becomes fairly easy to essentially flood the zone. An identity -- even a pseudonymous one -- can be managed in organized ways. But true anonymity is sort of an undifferentiated mass, which is much more challenging.
If it was possible to build reliable automated tools to deal with that sort of thing, I might change my mind, but that's getting into essentially "trustworthy AI", and I think we're a fair ways from that being a valid phrase.
Basically, it's a management problem. So when I talk about carving out niches for anonymity in limited ways, I'm thinking along the lines of allowing anonymous posting in one's own DW -- an individual is taking responsibility for managing the consequences, and there is a way to cut it off when the bots discover it and start attacking in earnest.