Ask HN: Is an “extremely” transparent version of Facebook/Twitter viable?

2 pointspow_pp_-1_v5y ago1 comments

Is it viable to have a social media site where identity of every participant is visible to everyone? So anonymity will be impossible. If you need an account on this site, you need use the country specific mechanism that will identify you.

So what do you get for this transparency? - Freedom of speech. Nothing will be censored. - No bots (maybe).

In such a forum, will there be fewer assholes, trolls, bad actors etc.?

PS: I don't have a Facebook or Twitter account. My opinions are based on second hand information.

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forgotmypw175y ago

In my opinion, and this is what I am betting on with my platform, is that full transparency will apply not to the identities themselves, but to the internal workings of the social network, including the full social graph, the moderation activity, and the software state.

This will allow the positives of pseudonymity and information freedom without the drawbacks of opaque moderation and censorship.

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