Facebook's real name policy, Youtube's real name policy, Twitter's blue checks..
This hasn't worked. Not once. Full stop.
IRC continues to be the best place to have real conversations. Discord is pretty great too and even has built in alt support.
This hasn't worked. Not once. Full stop.
IRC continues to be the best place to have real conversations. Discord is pretty great too and even has built in alt support.
These are all opt-in verification mechanisms, likely with the main purpose of protecting the rights of influencers and other content creators so that the platforms keep making money off them.
I'm talking about a single federal government-run identity provider that obsoletes all the above schemes. That's what we need and where we are headed, whether we like it or not. It is absurd that we still rely on SSNs and home address verification in 2022.
Probably impossible with the current "print $$$ and outsource" culture in Washington.
Sometimes you need to know who a person is, most of the time you don't.
I don't need to know who you are to sell you a cup of coffee, or really anything you are paying for in full.
If I'm lending you money, I need to know to my satisfaction that you are who you say you are, in case I need to find you later to collect. That's my problem and your problem to work out. The Federal Government has no role here.
Too bad. They already have this power -- and more, they can un-life you -- and always have, and always will until they get replaced in the next revolution.