▲ 179 ▼ Are We Watching The Internet Die? (www.wheresyoured.at) submitted 2 years ago by Gaywallet@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 75 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 5 points 2 years ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] OneRedFox@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago It's a trade off that we'll probably have to take unless we want to deanonymize the internet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago I don't think that's a perfect system anyway though, spammers could create a massive tree of fake accounts and just only use a small proportion of them for spam Use a number of compromised user accounts to set this up and it becomes a nightmare permalink fedilink source parent [–] Penguincoder@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) where there’s a tree of people you’ve invited. And that is how you get singular point of view echo chamber. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Robin_net@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago Most of the internet is made up of echo chambers now even though anyone and everyone can access a majority of it. I don't think being selective in who we allow into communities worsens the pre-existing echo chamber issue. If anything it may help to be more selective. It can sometimes be impossible to tell the difference between trolls, bots, and real people, so I feel like we assume every person we disagree with is a troll or bot. The issue with that is that we may be outright dismissing real opinions. In theory, everyone in a selective community is a real person who is expressing their true thoughts and feelings. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OneRedFox@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago It's a trade off that we'll probably have to take unless we want to deanonymize the internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago I don't think that's a perfect system anyway though, spammers could create a massive tree of fake accounts and just only use a small proportion of them for spam Use a number of compromised user accounts to set this up and it becomes a nightmare permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Penguincoder@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) where there’s a tree of people you’ve invited. And that is how you get singular point of view echo chamber. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Robin_net@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago Most of the internet is made up of echo chambers now even though anyone and everyone can access a majority of it. I don't think being selective in who we allow into communities worsens the pre-existing echo chamber issue. If anything it may help to be more selective. It can sometimes be impossible to tell the difference between trolls, bots, and real people, so I feel like we assume every person we disagree with is a troll or bot. The issue with that is that we may be outright dismissing real opinions. In theory, everyone in a selective community is a real person who is expressing their true thoughts and feelings. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Robin_net@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago Most of the internet is made up of echo chambers now even though anyone and everyone can access a majority of it. I don't think being selective in who we allow into communities worsens the pre-existing echo chamber issue. If anything it may help to be more selective. It can sometimes be impossible to tell the difference between trolls, bots, and real people, so I feel like we assume every person we disagree with is a troll or bot. The issue with that is that we may be outright dismissing real opinions. In theory, everyone in a selective community is a real person who is expressing their true thoughts and feelings. permalink fedilink source parent