Re:You either die an MVP or live long enough to build conten...
by dredmorbius on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @01:56PM
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1. Assholes will be assholes under their real names.
2. The politically, economically, and/or socially disadvantaged are further disadvantaged under such regimes. Yonatan Zunger, chief architect of Google+, put that quite clearly: "In practice, the forced revelation of information makes individual privilege and power more important. When everyone has to play with their cards on the table, so to speak, then people who feel like they can be themselves without consequence do so freely -- these generally being people with support groups of like-minded people, and who are neither economically nor physically vulnerable. People who are more vulnerable to consequences use concealment as a method of protection: it makes it possible to speak freely about controversial subjects, or even about any subjects, without fear of harassment."
3. Laws and regimes may change. Ask the inhabitants of Germany circa 1933, or those of Afghanistan circa 2021, among numerous other examples.
4. Groups themselves can lead to and engage in destructive activities. See the case of Reddit's increasing problems with brigading and other hostile activity amongst subreddits, resulting in the banning of numerous of these.
5. The consequences of a toxic media landscape at scale are felt by those considerably removed from the platform(s) themselves. Twitter cheered the Arab Spring protests. Facebook are attempting to distance themselves from their very active role in the Myanmar genocide. History shows that changes to media landscapes are often very disruptive socially and politically, often at a horrific cost of innocent lives.
2. The politically, economically, and/or socially disadvantaged are further disadvantaged under such regimes. Yonatan Zunger, chief architect of Google+, put that quite clearly: "In practice, the forced revelation of information makes individual privilege and power more important. When everyone has to play with their cards on the table, so to speak, then people who feel like they can be themselves without consequence do so freely -- these generally being people with support groups of like-minded people, and who are neither economically nor physically vulnerable. People who are more vulnerable to consequences use concealment as a method of protection: it makes it possible to speak freely about controversial subjects, or even about any subjects, without fear of harassment."
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3. Laws and regimes may change. Ask the inhabitants of Germany circa 1933, or those of Afghanistan circa 2021, among numerous other examples.
4. Groups themselves can lead to and engage in destructive activities. See the case of Reddit's increasing problems with brigading and other hostile activity amongst subreddits, resulting in the banning of numerous of these.
5. The consequences of a toxic media landscape at scale are felt by those considerably removed from the platform(s) themselves. Twitter cheered the Arab Spring protests. Facebook are attempting to distance themselves from their very active role in the Myanmar genocide. History shows that changes to media landscapes are often very disruptive socially and politically, often at a horrific cost of innocent lives.