Yeah, that’s why I wanted to dig in more on the definition of “anonymous”, the way I see it, you Karnage, have created a very important reputation, whether your parents or the state knows you as Karnage or Johnny is of no importance to me.
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Exactly. And if I ditch this npub and start from scratch then people won’t pay as much attention. In either case I’m very easy to mute 😂
I covered this in the post. Skin in the game is one aspect of it, but you still have less, and there are many other aspects.
Sure there are trade offs in anything. But for society to thrive we must be able to express ourselves freely. Pseudonymity allows for that.
You always have the choice to cage yourself in a very limited existence for the sake of feeling safe.
Yes, my argument is that you feel you need to hide behind a handle to express yourself freely means things have gone very wrong. And IMO the way to remedy that is to stand up for our rights in broad daylight. Otherwise, they will only further erode.
This to me sounds like showing up to a war and telling your front line to rush the enemy at their convenience. Unorganized and destined to fail.
The only thing that’s destined to fail is the strategy of staying anonymous while the censors take away more and more of our rights.
If everyone stood up and told them to fuck off, the flight would be over today. And I can’t order anyone to do anything. I can only say, “Look, I’m going to charge, and I encourage you to back me up because we are in the right, and this is important.”
That’s not the reality we find ourselves in. With comforts of modern life you won’t have organized revolt. Even when it is organized, very few things change. See Canadian truckers. You don’t win by being loud, you take action. Vote with a brain not party lines, speak up when others have nothing to say, and don’t use their money. We have all the necessary tools at our disposal and it’s up to people to use them. Sadly, harder said than done - see bitcoiners on X.
Truckers are a good example. They won:
https://www.sott.net/article/481158-The-Truckers-Won-Everything
didnt seem like they did
Have you lived in an oppressed country ? Have you been oppressed ? I'm guessing its a big No. For every Snowden and Assange, there are thousands out there in detention camps and prisons all over the world who have been there for years for saying something their govt didn't like. Welcome to reality
If you’re a gay person in Uganda, it’s pretty clear you shouldn’t be posting your real thoughts under your real name. That’s not the case for 80 percent of the people here with nyms though to whom the post is obviously addressed.
You are welcome to make a hybrid client that requires email and enforced real names and ask people to use it. If people agree with your take, maybe they will.
There are many good reasons to use nyms. If you don’t agree, that’s fine.
You obviously didn’t read the post:
Short term benefits and medium-term risks aside, I’m generally against the practice, though I wouldn’t go so far as to require platforms to KYC (Know Your Customer), and obviously doxxing people, barring proof they’ve committed a crime (a real one, not a thought crime) is wrong. In other words, I think it should be legal, but discouraged.
Could disagree more. Too lazy to respond. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, however disagreeable. Maybe others agree.
I like your profile pic. Very descriptive..🫂😊
I’m quite comfortable saying everything my handle says in real life with my real face and my real name.
The internet is a very large public square and I don’t trust everyone in the whole world. I can build a reputation with my nym and grow a community of friends and trust. Then I can invite certain people in and exclude others from my real life. This isn’t hiding this is sensible and secure.
I wear a digital outfit to cover the parts of myself that I don’t want to share with everyone. This isn’t fear it’s common sense.
This is actually the best objection to my post I’ve read today — and there have been many.
There are a lot of psychos out there, and it’s why I’ll put pictures of my dog on social media, but never my daughter.
But there’s a difference between social media activity of making friends and socializing vs voicing your views in the public square. With the former what you say makes a ton of sense. With the latter, I think it makes a big difference for things to come from a person for the reasons I said in the post.