Mind, I think anonymity per se *is* a problem, because it prevents a lot of social tools from working right -- some amount of persistent identity is, in my experience, necessary for the functioning of a good community. But pseudonymity, in my experience, is the best balance point: enough persistence to build community, without flailing around at the mistaken idea that online identities should be synonymous with real-world ones... This was originally posted via DreamWidth, at http://jducoeur.dreamwidth.org/1558617.html, where there are currently
The Real Name Fallacy
Mind, I think anonymity per se *is* a problem, because it prevents a lot of social tools from working right -- some amount of persistent identity is, in my experience, necessary for the functioning of a good community. But pseudonymity, in my experience, is the best balance point: enough persistence to build community, without flailing around at the mistaken idea that online identities should be synonymous with real-world ones... This was originally posted via DreamWidth, at http://jducoeur.dreamwidth.org/1558617.html, where there are currently
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Is anybody following me only here any more?
(Unlike nearly everything I post, this is intentionally only being posted to LiveJournal.) A few days ago, I posted my analysis of the new LJ Terms…
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Signal Boost: Affordable Housing at Assembly Square
Mainly for Somerville residents -- the developer of an enormous new apartment complex at Assembly Square is trying to skeeve out of some of the…
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A Study of the Battleground
When I dubbed my current politics posts with the tag "wartime thoughts", that was not originally intended as a general statement about the…
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