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How do you personally feel about anonymity in the Fediverse? (kbin.social)
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I've been exploring the Fediverse for a bit, and I really like that different instances can interact with each other. But that also leads to some oddities, like how the culture on each instance treats anonymity.

On Reddit, most accounts were anonymous. Personally I always tried to keep any personally identifying information to a minimum.

On Twitter, many accounts are just [Firstname][Lastname], in fact many of the accounts I follow are because of who they are IRL.

In the Fediverse, these different cultures can interact with one another. Kbin users can interact with Mastodon users, etc. I'm just wondering how Kbin users feel about anonymity. Would you be distrustful of an anonymous user? Would you avoid posting personal information incase of doxxing?

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[โ€“] TeaHands 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I grew up with the internet as an everyday part of life from my mid-teens onwards. Back then, we were taught to be careful about what information we give out online because there are no backsies and you can never be sure who you're talking to.

Not sure when that changed to "give out all your personal info and it'll probably be fine somehow" on a lot of these sites, but personally I stick with the former approach wherever I am. I'm not totally anonymous, far from it, but I only share what I don't mind being public.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yea, I grew up with the Internet in about the same time frame as you did. Basically my rule is that you behave on the Internet as you would any public space.