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by skinkestek 2146 days ago
A bit confusing.

If I vote for something, does that mean I

- 1. believe that thing is good/exists etc

- or 2. that I'd like to talk with people who are interested in this

Stupid example: a vegetarian might very well hold the position that raising animals for meat is bad while still be interested in discussing it.

1 comments

OK, I have tested a bit more. This is really interesting I took the time to answer all the question it asked me, and here is some more feedback:

- This thing needs anonymous sign up.[0]

- And a delete option.

- Also people needs to be nudged towards using partial names or pseudonyms and not full real names.

- You also probably understand this already, but you are now sitting on a heap of personal data already. This is really, really, really cool but also has the possibility to blow up relationships, families and generally create havoc. Lives have probably been lost over less than what is available here.

- answering all the questions was tedious.

- I want a clear way to vote "whatever" or "prefer not to answer"

- idea: Limit others view of your profile to what you are comfortable to share, like the facts that I: like card games, board games, CSGO, climbing. Leave out that I dislike Trump, liked Obama, still support the 2nd amendment, support decriminalization of marijuana etc etc.

- crazy idea: create linkable public profile with the things I want to share (like above) so I can link to it from my profile here for example.

[0]:You then probably need another way to reduce scammers/spmmers ability to create multiple customized accounts to target/befriend people.