[sounds]

This is a technically creative approach, and I think the internet's future is unfortunately going to be something like this.

But I for one would rather take the high road. Please call your senator(s) and representative(s) and let them know how upset this all is making you!

[forapurpose]

> the internet's future is unfortunately going to be something like this

It's not the future; it's been going on for a long time. The Chinese and Russian governments have long run large astroturfing propaganda operations, astroturfing by U.S. businesses (and I assume those in other countries) is an old story, and the last U.S. presidential election was swamped by social media propaganda operations, foreign and domestic.

[ShabbosGoy]

How about ditching Web 2.0 entirely? It's time to head to Web 3.0, an era where the Internet will be truly decentralized and free.

[hinkley]

So we are talking about people pretending to be people they aren’t, and your solution is decentralize the whole thing?

[anigbrowl]

Yes, but how? I got really into Semantic web stuff maybe 5-6 years ago and I thought it would have taken over by now but it seems to have withered for lack of development. You're welcome to email me with your thoughts if you prefer.

[sounds]

Sorry about the others downvoting you. If you dig into my comment history, I've written about a few ways to do this.

Great suggestion.

[pavel_lishin]

Will it be unicorn-fart powered, or are you thinking some sort of genie-based system?