I think of CC licenses as a reasonable way to try to hack around the some of the worst aspects of copyright law, but I don't use them myself because of their fatal flaw:
They're just too confusing. There are too many of them, they go my often misleading nicknames, etc. When I see CC licensed work these days, I often just treat it the same as non-CC work because of this complexity.
TSA approved locks are pretty much the same as not using locks at all. So much so that while I avoid checking bags whenever possible, in those cases where it's unavoidable, I don't bother with locking luggage at all.
Yes, it's important for people who want to discuss things like their experiences being raped, etc.
But the best reason for anonymity is much simpler and more common than that. It lets us do online what we have always been able to do in real life: to be able to interact with different groups of people in relative isolation.
Without being able to have this sort of isolation, all anyone can safely do is engage in the type superficial "public speak" that you have to do whenever you are speaking in front of a wide mix of people.
Anonymity allows people to speak their true thoughts on any topic. Get rid of anonymity and you get rid of a tremendous amount of valuable exchange of ideas even on topics that aren't particularly controversial or sensitive.
I've maintained multiple online identities for decades for this exact reason.
My phone has a big display that is readable in daylight. But I don't look at it when I'm navigating, for what I hope are obvious reasons. Instead, I listen to it speaking the directions.
How would this work? Leaving aside the terribleness of services along the lines of Disqus, this would mean the reduction of useful and insightful comments as people will simply have multiple commenting identities (perhaps one for each site).
If you rank new commenters lower than established ones, this just means that those people will not be able to effectively comment.
I had stopped. But there's a new crop of smaller theaters that have brought the pleasantness back to the experience. I go to those. No first-run movies, but who cares?
100% this. I was a Netflix customer before they had streaming services. When they started streaming, broadband penetration wasn't what it is now, and there was debate about whether or not Netflix was making a foolish move.
In fact, Netflix was a bit ahead of the game and are now reaping the rewards.
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The problems with CC licenses
They're just too confusing. There are too many of them, they go my often misleading nicknames, etc. When I see CC licensed work these days, I often just treat it the same as non-CC work because of this complexity.
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The other fallacy
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The most common reason why anonymity is good
But the best reason for anonymity is much simpler and more common than that. It lets us do online what we have always been able to do in real life: to be able to interact with different groups of people in relative isolation.
Without being able to have this sort of isolation, all anyone can safely do is engage in the type superficial "public speak" that you have to do whenever you are speaking in front of a wide mix of people.
Anonymity allows people to speak their true thoughts on any topic. Get rid of anonymity and you get rid of a tremendous amount of valuable exchange of ideas even on topics that aren't particularly controversial or sensitive.
I've maintained multiple online identities for decades for this exact reason.
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If you rank new commenters lower than established ones, this just means that those people will not be able to effectively comment.
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They are all reasonable operating systems, but in terms of power, ease of use, and ease of development, Linux is far ahead of Windows.
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I disagree. What the US needs is to outlaw plea deals entirely. They are inherently a perversion of justice.
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I had stopped. But there's a new crop of smaller theaters that have brought the pleasantness back to the experience. I go to those. No first-run movies, but who cares?
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A depressing large number of people consider this "hacking".
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In fact, Netflix was a bit ahead of the game and are now reaping the rewards.
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