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)?