FortiDude · HackerTrans

Personally I think this could be solved by having two types of instances: 1) generic boring ones where you can make your own personal profile 2) specific ones acting like special interest groups where you cannot create a profile but can only post using your already existing personal one from a "generic" instance

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I have characterized it as impersonation because this is exactly what has been done in this case.

It's funny that you mention The Onion, because they are impersonating nobody since there is no legitimate news outlet named "The Onion". Their articles might mimick the writing style of legitimate ones, but they are not claiming to be CNN or Fox.

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Can you impersonate someone as a joke? No. Parody is not identity theft.

When a comedian "impersonates" a politicians we all partake in a temporary delusion aided by the comic's ability to mimick the politician. Everyone knows it's fake but we laugh nonetheless. Making a hyper-realistic deep fake video of a politician saying absurd stuff is not free speech without appropriate labelling.

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If the whole point of your account is to make people laugh with the imaginary pretense that your posts are coming from another person/institution then yes, the potential readers should know it's fake.

A comic strip artist that I follow constantly puts fake words into famous peoples' mouths in his newspaper sections, but even tough I know it's fake I can still partake in the momentary delusion and get a good laugh

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"style of moderation"? what does that mean? I don't agree with what GP said, but on what basis could you moderate his posts? Because they aren't "true"? In that case why not say that your instances bans all "untrue" things? how simple!

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unlabelled satirical identity theft is identity theft

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I believe I can afford posting a little "trope" since HN's frontpage is being flooded (spammed) by Mastodon posts

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I hate to break it to you, but Elon Musk and Twitter at large have more to lose from a reputational damage caused by blatant moderation misuse than an anonymous kid with an anime profile picture has

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First they came for the "stupid" opinions, but I didn't care because I was sure mine weren't.

Then they came for me, and there was nobody left to defend me

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You have said nothing about me since you're talking to a simple username whose life you have no idea about. But I'm not the one here sobbing, so your reply means absolutely nothing

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But now your post won't be taken down by a paid employee of a corporation with actual contractual obligations and custom made moderation tools to limit collateral damage, instead a 17yo Discord friend of the admin will have complete access to your account!

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I didn't literally say that and you are making things up. "Tearing down" someone has a strong and violent connotation, nothing to do with a few snarky comments.

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That's your own personal baseless speculation, do you go through life randomly accusing people? Not very healthy, I would suggest being less hasty

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People who write posts like yours tend to ascertain their moral superiority by psychoanalyzing people on the internet based on a few badly interpreted words

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Yes, in a pub, which social media is the digital equivalent of. If you can't handle some mean banter (in this case even surrounded by a majority of praise) I suggest you make your profile private and only follow people you have a personal connection with

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Allowing people to join Facetime calls through a browser is not "opening up" the platform. Until they have an API I can write a custom client for it's just a different kind o closure

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My only assumption is that most people will choose an instance based on its reputation and that reputable instances will be far fewer than amateurish and unreliable ones. This is a very generous assumption and if we suppose people will choose even more randomly then the situation can only get bleaker.

On the other hand you hand waved everything I said without specifically refuting any points, so what does that make your reply?

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So let's say a lot of people think in that way and avoid instances managed by nameless accounts. Where does that leave us?

Well, maybe people will flock to the few instances ran by transparent, accountable and competent people. Maybe some apolitical non-profit? Maybe a group of passionate engineers with spare change?

In any case those instances would become pretty massive and the costs would skyrocket and......

well, we're at square one: few instances will have total control over your data, they will either inject ads or require payment to keep the servers running and nothing will have changed