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How do you personally feel about anonymity in the Fediverse? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by RadioDonut@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@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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[–] Computerchairgeneral@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Personally, I lean more toward being anonymous or at least as anonymous as you can be on the internet these days. It's just how I was taught to use the internet back in the day. It's kind of funny how attitudes toward the internet went from digital stranger danger to encouraging you to share as much of your personal life online as possible.