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Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ... by user-the-name on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:36AM (#28944137)
Why should you have to shut yourself away from a large section of modern daily life just to not be the subject of abuse? Why is not even an option to work to fix the abuse?
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Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ... by 999900000999 on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:46AM (#28944284)
Because the platforms themselves make more money when there's rampant abuse. Facebook is largely profitable since super users are enraged and engaged.

If you're scrolling mindlessly consuming content which keeps drawing you in you're more likely to click on an ad for some new toothpaste.

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Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ... by brutopia on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:45AM (#28944268)
The technology isn’t the problem, it’s us. Our primitive instincts just aren’t compatible to deal with such big groups of other people anonymous or not.
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Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ... by shaan7 on Thursday October 21, 2021 @09:50AM (#28944341)
> Why is not even an option to work to fix the abuse?

It is difficult for even human judges to clearly define what counts as abuse and what doesn't. Automated algorithms (or manual reviews) will be much worse, most likely.

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