[kenning]

My pessimistic prediction is that this will either die or be overrun with the alt-right. They seem to gravitate towards the more anonymous social networks (4chan, yik yak). Also see "unpopular opinion puffin" memes on reddit -- a (now dead) meme format designed for people to share what they're afraid to say out loud to their peers, and quickly became a hub for alt-righty opinions on social issues.

[nihilum]

Anonymity also permitted the American Revolution, among other things.

Meanwhile the most prominent example that comes to mind for attempts to end even the pretense of anonymity online is authoritarian China.

And fwiw, most of the other boards on 4chan at least tend to push the more obnoxious sorts of commentary back to /pol/, its 'containment board'.

Twitter likewise tends to isolate communities of extremists, on both sides, simply by virtue of explicit blocking or mere lack of sufficient interest to follow on the part of more balanced participants.

[pwaai]

> Anonymity also permitted the American Revolution, among other things.

Not sure what that has to do with anything.

> Meanwhile the most prominent example that comes to mind for attempts to end even the pretense of anonymity online is authoritarian China.

South Korea forces people to use their social insurance number to sign up to forums and commenting on social media. Again, not sure why you are using China, they aren't the only ones trying to deanonymize online.

> And fwiw, most of the other boards on 4chan at least tend to push the more obnoxious sorts of commentary back to /pol/, its 'containment board'.

What the parent is referring to is that online anonymous platforms attracts toxic trolls that overtake a platform, even with the moderation you mentioned. When people hide behind a faceless mask, it brings out the worst in people, simply because of the dopamine release from inflicting pain on others to feel good about their otherwise miserable life.

> Twitter likewise tends to isolate communities of extremists, on both sides, simply by virtue of explicit blocking or mere lack of sufficient interest to follow on the part of more balanced participants.

Twitter hasn't done a great job, it's overrun by bots with political agendas, people are mob attacked and it's a poor case to support your assertion that anonymous somehow works even against the mounting evidence against it.

[ixtli]

not sure anyone's attacking the right to anonymity, but it would be somewhat dishonest to ignore what has come recently from the most anon communities on the internet.

[drngdds]

The American Revolution was a mistake.

>And fwiw, most of the other boards on 4chan at least tend to push the more obnoxious sorts of commentary back to /pol/, its 'containment board'.

Which other boards? I don't know about most boards, but /g/ (and to a somewhat lesser extent /mu/) has tons of racism and sexism compared to most sites.

[wtsui]

Yes, the unfortunate fate of so many anonymous apps in the past years.

Moderation may be an ongoing challenge but without commenting or messaging, Solo should be a bit more resilient.

[pwaai]

One attack vector here might be trolls creating large number of accounts or manipulating the algorithm to share suicidal messages....I've seen far worse, the internet in all purposes does a lot of good but it's also emboldened incels

[nikkwong]

Why couldn't you imagine the developers here just implement a flagging/reporting system to just clean up the potential bad content?