xxl77777777777 March 3, 2025, 5:35 p.m.

Anyone else think internet anonymity debate is getting weird lately??

so i keep seeing these news stories about criminals using vpns and "dark web" and whatnot... then next day my timeline blows up with ppl saying we NEED anonymity online or else we're basically in 1984 lol 🙄

got in huge argument with my roommate about this last night. he's all "ban anonymous accounts, make everyone use ID to get online" and im like bro what?? but then he points out all the horrible stuff happening because ppl can hide who they are online

idk I'm conflicted. like yeah anonymity lets people do sketchy stuff with no consequences but also some ppl legit need to stay hidden online for safety? where do yall stand on this?? feel like there's gotta be a middle ground somewhere

stillet March 4, 2025, 2:51 p.m.

Nah ur roommate is right. Sick of keyboard warriors hiding behind fake names saying horrible stuff. Make everyone use real ID like they do in Korea. Bet half the toxic waste online would disappear overnight

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g1000 March 5, 2025, 10:39 p.m.

lmaoooo @ thinking criminals would just give up if anonymity was banned 😂 they'd find other ways while regular ppl lose rights. genius plan 10/10

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snow March 7, 2025, 5:01 p.m.

easy 4 americans 2 have this debate when ur not worried about government kicking down ur door for wrong opinion. some of us need anonymity just to speak freely. check ur privilege maybe???

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UYJV March 9, 2025, 7:49 p.m.

My take: keep anonymity for regular browsing but need ID verification for certain activities (banking, posting in spaces with kids, etc). Best of both worlds

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Gar15011990 March 10, 2025, 1:13 a.m.

Ya that sounds good until u think about who holds the ID database and what happens when it leaks (not if, WHEN). Also kiss goodbye any political organizing against powerful groups

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gigabyte75 March 11, 2025, 4:42 p.m.

took me 0.5 seconds to find u on other platforms from ur username here lmaooo. "anonymity" is already an illusion for 99% of ppl anyways 🤷‍♂️

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006 March 12, 2025, 11:03 a.m.

Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon concept applies perfectly here - perception of always being watched changes behavior regardless of actual surveillance. Kills free thought/expression even without active censorship

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cl73jhtc March 13, 2025, 5:52 p.m.

Facebook's "real name" policy disaster shows what happens with these systems. Native americans got accounts suspended bc their names "looked fake" to algorithms. Same with drag performers, married women who kept maiden names, etc etc

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riko March 16, 2025, 8:24 p.m.

y does everyone act like anonymity CAUSES crime?? ppl were doing horrible things long b4 internet. blaming tools instead of ppl is lazy thinking fr fr

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sef555 March 21, 2025, 12:45 a.m.

Confession: im wayyyy meaner online when using throwaway accts vs my main. Something about knowing ur words cant follow u brings out the worst. Maybe there IS something to the accountability argument...

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INLIFE March 27, 2025, 6:21 p.m.

Been building authentication systems since before half of yall were born. Lemme save u the trouble: perfect ID verification is a myth. We built one for a banking client that cost millions and still got bypassed in 3 months. Any system either excludes legitimate users or lets fakes through

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bastion_x March 30, 2025, 11:47 p.m.

bruh south korea had real name system for yrs. figure it out. ur just making excuses cuz u dont want solution

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iBaHbl4 April 3, 2025, 9:16 p.m.

grandma said something interesting when i tried explaining all this: "in real life we dont talk to strangers wearing masks, why online?" hit different ngl

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qgggggg April 10, 2025, 3:49 p.m.

psssst the real joke is that google/meta/etc already know exactly who u are and what u do online. They selling that data while we argue about "anonymity" that doesn't exist lmao

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