anonymity and privacy seem to come at odds with a social platform’s ability to moderate content and control spam.
If users have sufficient privacy and anonymity, then they can simply use another identity to come back, or use multiple identities.
Are there ways around this? It seems that any method of ensuring that a banned user is kept off the platform would necessitate the platform knowing information about the user and their identity
I just posted about a system where users put down a deposit for their accounts. Bad actors lose the deposit. Imposes a cost on spammers and trolls and essentially no cost on honest users.
Also, how do I link to a post in such a way that it’s cross-instance friendly?
The problem is that you’re paying money in hopes a random stranger on the Internet doesn’t determine you’re a good actor.
Plus this is another system that only works against poor people.