Anonymity: A Web3 Feature That Hive Performs Well
Some people prefer anonymity, whereas others want to litter the internet with everything related to them. For example, Satoshi, the creator of BTC, is extremely anonymous, and as a result, Bitcoin benefits from the decentralization that exists today.
When we can put a face to the origins of decentralization, the government will attempt to control it, and it loses its essence. If Satoshi had wanted to enjoy fame, power, and the cost of decentralization, he could have been somewhere relaxing with a nice stake in a government-owned property while being watched 24/7.
People choose to remain faceless for a variety of reasons, including security and evil ingenuity. On the other hand, some people gain essence by putting their face out there; without it, their fame or relevance cannot be valued.
For example, if Christiano Ronaldo's face is removed, he becomes a regular guy incapable of influencing millions of people to subscribe to a YouTube channel, buy a product, influence a brand, and so on. People in show business want to put their faces out there, and what makes one person relevant can put another person in danger.
For example, there are people and accounts on Hive who prefer anonymity. Thanks to Hive, you can not track down someone who does not want to be found unless there are traces of their real lives somewhere along the chain.
However, people can choose to dox another person, particularly for malicious purposes. I remember a lady who littered the information of a whale who had targeted her with several downvotes; while the information was deleted on one frontend, I believe it can still be seen on another.
Nonetheless, if you do not want to be found, I doubt you will ever be found; everyone has their own reasons, and some people are not shy about revealing themselves.
Safety In Familiarity?
People are more likely to associate trust with those they can see. We sometimes believe that faceless people are mostly acting maliciously, and this is because there have been reports of faceless people doing things and getting away with it.
However, on Hive, we regard this as privacy. Most of the time, we believe that people should be able to do what is most important without fear of harm to themselves.
Most of them could tell others' malicious intent without even seeing their faces, which I believe is sufficient. Hive provides incredible detail about every user; while it cannot reveal any information you did not provide, it can create a record of your in-chain activities, which is often enough to tell others about your intent and all that; however, Hive does not put you in immediate danger or pose a threat to your life.
In reality, it functions more as a mirror, reflecting users rather than inventing information, thoughts, and ideas about them.
Web2
Web2 has social spaces that encourage people to disclose extremely private information about themselves. Sometimes they just do this to get attention: likes, retweets, reshares, and so on, and there is an ingenious algorithm that encourages people to do it for the sake of popularity and fame.
I feel Safe
In reality, I am fine with putting my face out there. Most of the time, there is simply insufficient information to make me believe that my face is important. In fact, as I have gotten older, I have realized that Hive is an amazing piece of technology that allows you to choose what level of anonymity you want.
There is no additional reward for showing or not showing your face, and people are not always encouraged to choose what they want. I have posted a lot of personal information, but in the future, I plan to filter it and remove any information that I do not want to share.
I believe that as we get older, we become more conscious of our privacy; fortunately, Hive provides you with adequate options to choose which aspects of yourself you are comfortable sharing.
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I like my privacy, and don't put my face or family's faces out there. Just personal preference on my part. During much of my career I was the exact opposite as marketing was always important. Now I'm enjoying my anonymity!
I'm sure they would have locked up Satoshi given the chance!
I don't really mind having my face here, since I even do a lot of personal contents. Plus I take a lot of photographs and I like to post them here, and nowhere else.
However, I don't think I'll be doing that for my family as it would be their choice.
Had web3 arrived first most would more than likely enjoy the anonymity, web2 was first most had their information out there already, why change now?
Money is is data, we are the product I suppose that was what happened right from the beginning....
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Money is Data, data is money, there's no better way to actually put it like you've done, and web3 would have been more likely to have been preferable because it just ticks all the boxes. However big techs like Google and Facebook wouldn't like that.
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Most our data is out there whether we like or not, from our birth to death we are numbered, simply slower on old technology.
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Im a mix of both. But lately, i realize that i should utilize social media platforms better as long as i dont overshare my personal life.
Well, web2 is mostly for over sharing, I did that in the past.
Privacy is very very paramount for me except ortherwise in some rare cases tho..i am introvert so i love me being me
Well, I do see a lot of your photos lol, well maybe you meant in other platforms
Lol...thats true tho....
Hive is a great place to be. I prefer to be more or less anonymous online. I don't like trying to mix in social media and other stuff in my life. People don't respect privacy until they find a situation where they need it.
Well yeah, you've been truly anonymous and sometimes I wonder how you manage to achieve that, even on Hive, it's been a great job from you.
I think that's the first impression I had with anonymity, believing that it's mainly used for evil purpose. But it's more nuanced than that, sometimes, being anonymous serves the greater good, which is a really good trade in my view. Individually, I prefer to be somewhere around the middle, a bit anonymous and a bit non anonymous.
Well, you've barely shared any information about yourself, and mostly it's also not where in your posts, so I feel that you want to keep or maintain that anonymity.
Privacy is very important for everyone not only in the room, but even on the net.
Hive is a better place to be and that feature you just discussed is amazing.
Spot on
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When people's privacy is not protected, people will be tensed and worried and will stop using the platforms.
Privacy is important, but fewer and fewer people seem to be of the same opinion. Those who are, are convinced of it, though.