That would just cause the bad actors to move elsewhere, or not be there in the first place, since they initially weren’t allowed to comment. If every site implemented such measures and people just ignored the privacy and security issues, then you would have to trust that the site operators would act in good faith. Look at all the garbage on Facebook. FB keeps trolls and such around because they’re good for engagement, and bad actor advertisers because they pay a lot of money.
Facebook. FB keeps trolls and such around because they’re good for engagement, and bad actor advertisers because they pay a lot of money.
Sounds like pretty good arguments in favor of per-site identity verification. On Facebook I obviously wouldn’t, but there are some news websites where I definitely would.
That would just cause the bad actors to move elsewhere, or not be there in the first place, since they initially weren’t allowed to comment. If every site implemented such measures and people just ignored the privacy and security issues, then you would have to trust that the site operators would act in good faith. Look at all the garbage on Facebook. FB keeps trolls and such around because they’re good for engagement, and bad actor advertisers because they pay a lot of money.
Sounds like pretty good arguments in favor of per-site identity verification. On Facebook I obviously wouldn’t, but there are some news websites where I definitely would.