npub1hykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fsj73p33 (npub1hyk…3p33)
There was at one point that I espoused the infallibility of the G.I.F.T. Since then I've certainly learned better.
Anonymity presents a shield against consequences, only one among many and most assuredly not the strongest. Money, for example, or putting your own judges in the court, are likewise shields. So's being a white cishet guy. Etc, etc.
Anonymity in the various spheres can thus be useful as a tool for equity. On the internet, no one knows you're a cat -- and if you're properly garbed at a protest against, say, J. Peterson, people aren't going to levy bomb threats at your workplace in retaliation. After all, not every consequence is legal, or moral.
Can it be abused? Certainly, from the scrub who hides behind a VPN while doxing a writer to, as Mr. Doctorow has presented, corporate suits avoiding fallout for layoffs.
But are its abuses stronger than its benefits? Well, the internet would be a far dimmer place without many of my anonymous friends...
Jennifer Kayla | Theogrin 🦊 /
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2024-03-06 01:19:52
in reply to nevent1q…e2du
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