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Re:Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout? by irrational on Sunday November 26, 2023 @06:39PM (#38426348)
This is why I say that anonymous sites like Reddit are not Social Media. If I am on there, there is zero proof that anyone else commenting is a human. They all could be bots and I have no way to prove otherwise.
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Re:Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout? by adr1an on Sunday November 26, 2023 @07:46PM (#38426801)
What would be a non anonymous social network, Facebook? This very much applies to them too, iiuc..
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Re:Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout? by irrational on Sunday November 26, 2023 @09:13PM (#38427315)
On Facebook, there are connections to my family, friends, acquaintances. I know they are real because I’ve interacted with all of them in real life.
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Re:Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout? by OfSanguineFire on Sunday November 26, 2023 @11:12PM (#38427959)
On some of the niche travel-related subs like r/bikepacking, it’s actually quite common to run into one’s fellow redditors in real life on some popular route around the world. You definitely know the high-value posts are coming from real people. Some posters aren’t anonymous at all, because they also have linked YouTube or Instagram accounts that use their real name and face. And from e.g. the person’s gear, the past travels they describe, or the internet drama they have witnessed, it’s easy to identity a person you run into as a fellow member of the sub.
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