My friend, @edje, if I may be so presumptuous. I thank you for your opinions and your willingness to contribute to the conversation. I do not presume to be right about any of it. I simply try to point towards a better system. In terms of anonymity, it takes me about three clicks to find anyone. I was challenged on this by a whale and sent them their Financial Reports for the previous year within 15 minutes. I am not techie, let me assure you!
If I can do that ...
Anyway, is anonymity so valuable? One may not agree with the tax structure under which you must succumb. Then move country if it is that important. Being able to say what you want without repercussions is a fairly puerile concept anyway. Responsibility is for adults. Hence, I use my real name but I do not mind the use of pseudonyms - fine by me.
If we want to make a difference in this world, we need to be responsible for ourselves first, then the society in which we live.
Thank you again. Please help me resolve the ID issue and a brighter future awaits! Namaste.
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Hey @ebryans. Anonymity: I agree, for most Steemit members it'll be quite easy to find real identities, I'm very sure of that. Intro pictures + Google image search; Real Names etc. I was in a conversation with some other people regarding anonymity, and got a clear message "when Steem/Steemit" is not 100% anonymous anymore, than I'll leave. The question is: what percentage of the community is in favour for absolute 100% anonymity? And what percentage is not? And also, shall we create something that stays absolutely 100% anonymous? Or shall we deviate from it?
BTW what is 100% anonymity? Most Steemit posts and comments I'm writing from a geo location with fixed IP address, with the help of some engineer, I can be found quite easily (I think) although I do not use my real name here, and I didn't use an email address that can directly be linked to me; However, with some further digging I'm sure even that email address can be linked to me as a person.
Thank you , thank you!
Incidentally, what hope do you think a Social Media platform has of going mainstream if most of the characters on it are pseudonyms? Hence, I was hoping that busy.com might be different ... but no.
So, there is left a gap for real people. There still remains the struggle over ID of individuals. If you know how to resolve that ... finger printing is a way ... people have to go to lengths to circumvent that one.
Retina scanning and such is just too expensive.
Maybe there is a community system or a steemit passport ... I continue to seek the holy grail.
Thank you for your positive approach - I wish we were greater in number.
No solution yet to include real identity :( I can imagine some open source projects already trying to come up with solutions that are inexpensive or even free of charge? maybe linking to governments (now I upset some or more of the Steemers I think)?