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I’m worried that the last few weeks have made us think the problem is Twitter’s leadership when maybe the real problem is Twitter.
The issue is the lack of "real" verification. None of this anonymous business, if you really need an anonymous account, it gets approved manually only for a good reason. But otherwise, people know who you are, and your speech has consequences, as it does in the real world.
@Adam_Crain and who's to decide?
I'm a gov't official (well, for now) and poor. I cannot share my full throated opinion without violating some law, rule or risk grave social consequences.
Anonymity is not the problem even if it helps enable some of the problematic issues.
I disagree, it is a large part of the problem, the name-calling and the treating of others as if they are not people. If you knew this might be someone you run into someday, normal rules of society would fall in place, its partly about a bit of fear, embarrassment, etc.
If you need to share something anonymously, like whistleblowing, that's why we have journalists and lawyers.
@Adam_Crain yeah, let me tell you how many lawyers & reporters responded to me when I was looking for that support? Hint: rhymes with nero.
When you have strong family bonds or wealth to protect you then maybe anonymity is unnecessary but even our founding fathers found anonymity important, using it a bit too often (like today?) some argue.
Where I agree is how anonymity is used as a shield for very bad behavior but that could be addressed with higher standards for anons. Maybe?
@rant Isn't that what I said, if you need an anonymous account in order to blow the whistle, that would have to be approved via moderation.
Nothing when it comes to social media will be perfect, how do we make it better is question, not perfect. If you're looking for perfect, you'll site there doing nothing.
What did you have to blow the whistle on that no one wanted to listen to you?
Any site enforcing non-anonymity has not improved greatly. It is no quick fix. Look at Facebook for example of that.
And there are users in adverse regions who need that anonymity to function.