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Re:Was Your Name Stolen to Support Killing Net Neutrality? by LeoJiWoo on Friday December 01, 2017 @01:55PM (#15826227)
Apparently someone used my name to support net neutrality. I'm pro-NN but its still disconcerting.

I can't tell if it was a bot, or an overzealous friend.

I hope the dystopian future won't be ruled by those with the best bots/spam.

Re:Was Your Name Stolen to Support Killing Net Neutrality? by indubitable on Friday December 01, 2017 @02:27PM (#15826528)
I'm more concerned about basic social textual interaction. How long will it be until you can no longer be certain that I'm not a bot? Given that most online interaction is topic centric and limited in interactivity it becomes a sort of really lobotomized Turing Test and I have 0 doubt that militaries, intelligence agencies, major corporations, and more are all very actively researching this. And I see no reason to think it's anything that will prove to be insurmountable.

Online polls (even with brief responses) are obviously completely meaningless exercises in self-selection bias, but it's going to be weird that probably not all that long in the future - even discussing things on the internet may end up becoming of questionable value. Perhaps that will signal the end of anonymity in discussion. And wouldn't be that be a world - when people can link you to the most idiotic things you've ever stated online, in your entire life. Talk about a chilling effect on discussion.

Re:Was Your Name Stolen to Support Killing Net Neutrality? by cassieramen on Friday December 01, 2017 @02:06PM (#15826359)
That is a very scary future. I too had comments under my name in support of net neutrality in addition to the real comment I filed. Hopefully the Equifax leak (which really seems to have blown over quickly) leads to a new identification system so public comments can actually be verified as coming from real citizens.
Re:Was Your Name Stolen to Support Killing Net Neutrality? by mc32 on Friday December 01, 2017 @02:23PM (#15826499)
I linked to this before. As previously, i don't know their methods or whether they are neutral observers it not, but i did find their findings to be interesting: http://www.emprata.com/reports/fcc-restoring-internet-freedo...

Seems there was ballot stuffing on both sides.

Re:Was Your Name Stolen to Support Killing Net Neutrality? by rrauenza on Friday December 01, 2017 @04:00PM (#15827422)
A relative of mine's name was used (or this person actually submitted it, which is likely.) I'm sure the relative really doesn't understand the issue, and this is what was submitted:

The current FCC regulatory scheme known as "Title II" represents an unprecedented increase in government control over the internet. Such over-regulation is hurting our economy and suffocating innovation. I support Chairman Pai's plan to return to a commonsense regulatory framework that allows for the internet to grow without useless government interference. The internet has flourished for decades without the heavy hand of government over-regulation. It's time we return to what works.

Obviously, it was sold to this relative as a push against the heavy hand of the government ...

If I had to guess, it was a viral facebook post pro-trump administration that gave boilerplate to paste in.

Re:Was Your Name Stolen to Support Killing Net Neutrality? by rrauenza on Friday December 01, 2017 @05:22PM (#15828239)
Well, the relative claims ignorance of the post... so likely a fake.