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Re:Ask HN: Would you join a social network run by a non-profit? by Aldo_MX on Saturday September 17, 2016 @04:11PM (#12522220)
Why not treat anonymity as opt-in?

Not everyone is paranoid about government espionage, data mining, etc, but if you are, then you'll have to deal with the additional baggage that anonymity brings to the table.

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Re:Ask HN: Would you join a social network run by a non-profit? by sharemywin on Saturday September 17, 2016 @04:15PM (#12522236)
how could you be sure the site/app wasn't a honeypot for government.
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Re:Ask HN: Would you join a social network run by a non-profit? by Aldo_MX on Saturday September 17, 2016 @04:45PM (#12522362)
You can't, it is impossible to build a decentralized and distributed database which prevents access to bad actors.
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