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0 pointsalex11381y ago0 comments

Yeah like connecting with people you'd like to reach (which Facebook doesn't do a terribly good job of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6090712) but people here seem to think email/calling is the only acceptable form of social media (but what if you don't have someone's contact info? well, that gets justified as "nobody needs to connect with long lost contacts")

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BoredPositron1y ago

If you're not banned, why not simply create an account and message them properly? If following the platform's basic guidelines feels like too much effort, perhaps the communication wasn't that important to begin with. The barrier to entry is quite low (for a human) and you don’t even need to connect the account in anyway to your other online personas. The biggest benefit would also be that YOU can be found when people want to connect with you…

fc417fc8021y ago

"Banned", "too much effort", these are straw men.

Real name systems (for routine discourse) are bad. Walled gardens are bad. I should not need to forsake my privacy unless I wish to or alternatively a material need exists.

Don't need to connect the account? What sort of joke is that? They require you to use your government recognized name.

BoredPositron1y ago

There are no straw mans here the only thing that shows is your entitlement. Maybe read it again because it looks like you either took everything out of context or didn’t comprehend it.

Your last sentence also just doesn’t make any sense. Why would you worry about platform x if „they“ „know“ everything anyways. I was talking about your anonymous online personas.

Complaining about potential guidelines on one platform when numerous unrestricted spaces exist online seems rather narrow minded, especially given the abundance of alternatives available. Just use it as a modern telephone book. You have total agency over yourself and if or how you use it.

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immibis1y ago

Hang on, so if I got this right, paraphrasing:

You: "You don't have to use Facebook if you don't want to"

Them: "Sometimes it's required for some important task"

You: "Why not simply sign up for Facebook and use it?"

BoredPositron1y ago

We were talking about a potential new non profit platform not facebook. (Well, I was until one child comment had to bring up fucking Facebook again.) That was the whole point of the discussion and now everyone and their mom ignores it because you all seem to love condescending rage comments. Eh… not worth the keystrokes.

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BoredPositron1y ago

fc417fc8021y ago

"Banned", "too much effort", these are straw men.

Real name systems (for routine discourse) are bad. Walled gardens are bad. I should not need to forsake my privacy unless I wish to or alternatively a material need exists.

Don't need to connect the account? What sort of joke is that? They require you to use your government recognized name.

BoredPositron1y ago

There are no straw mans here the only thing that shows is your entitlement. Maybe read it again because it looks like you either took everything out of context or didn’t comprehend it.

Your last sentence also just doesn’t make any sense. Why would you worry about platform x if „they“ „know“ everything anyways. I was talking about your anonymous online personas.

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immibis1y ago

Hang on, so if I got this right, paraphrasing:

You: "You don't have to use Facebook if you don't want to"

Them: "Sometimes it's required for some important task"

You: "Why not simply sign up for Facebook and use it?"

BoredPositron1y ago

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