Message from @Atkins
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The whole point of pseudonymity is protection. Protecting your real life from online assholes.
Now that we've abandoned that paradigm in favor of using your actual identity online, you can either learn to deal with assholes yourself, or get censorious.
there is an actual problem here that isint as simple as "if you cant stand the heat stay out of the kitchen"
though this problem might be older than the internet
I understand all that and I agree. But if you are a public figure and want a presence online but hundreds on thousands of people hate you, none of individually harassing you but each sending a message you would spend over half your time banning people. Thats not having thin skin thats not having the time to enjoy the net.
Do the messages pop up when you open your browser?
Too bad. Have a separate pseudonymous account for actually using the internet. Have another publicity page managed by your agent.
Do they prevent you from using the internet until youve awnsered each one?
As far as im aware you can freely ignore messages and continue to browse the internet.
before the internet i have to imagine that public figures got hate mail, though probably not in the quantity that they probably get online messages. still your ways of dealing with either the old form of hate and the new form of hate have to be exactly the same, as they are the same thing in principle dispite different quantity and media form. however, are people who are assholes completely absolved of their actions dispite only being individuals who have all their attention pointing in the the same direction? people should be strong enough to get over assholes, but at the same time assholes are bad
If you think that a celebrity can actually have an account on Twitter or Instagram or whatever where they just act like a regular normie jackoff and not have an experience different from joe blow, you're nuts.
but they may want to be normal
Like should Trump expect that his Twitter is going to be free of harassment?
theres a difference between a politician who has control over life and death of millions compaired to an actor
I disagree, but what about Kanye then?
you disagree? how can you disagree?
Should he be able to post his thoughts on social media without getting dogpiled?
its a different job
its so different that the comparison is mindboggling
its like apples to dogs
Because if celebrities must be kept safe from negative comments, these social media companies are going to have to invest heavily in censoring technology.
Humans won't be able to handle the job.
A small time actor will not have a money to have someone manage their account and yes it can stop you from using the net. You have to read a mesage to work out if you want to ban that person. Therer come a point where you are spending more time blocking ppl than have a convocation.
now were discussing something different
No, we're not. If you're a celebrity you're an idiot if you're associating your real name and identity to a social media account you actually intend to use for personal use.
And if you don't intend to use it for personal use, then you have to expect to receive criticism.
What about the account you set up to talk to your fans?
You're going to get hate.
You have to learn to deal with it.
theres a difference between criticism and insult
Too bad. The internet isn't a nice place.
The only way to turn the internet into a hugbox is powerful machine-driven censorship.
your responce to the problem is "i like the way things are and anyone who has a problem with the way things are legitiment or not can fuck off" its not a very useful responce
Because this isn't a problem.
it is a problem
You do have the right to insult someone
its older than the internet
If I go down to speaker's corner and say stuff that people don't like, I can expect a crowd to yell shit at me.
You do not have the right to make them listen to your insults
It's not a bug. It's a feature.
The only way to prevent the crowd yelling shit at me is censorship.