Comment on Is it actually healthy for people to have a place to confess things anonymously?
Venator@lemmy.nz 2 weeks agoModeration kinda depends on identity, as the trolls who want every room to be toxic will enter every room and make sure it’s toxic if there’s no identification.
humanobserver@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s a fair point.
The idea isn’t that anonymity magically solves trolling. It’s more that rooms create friction. If a host bans someone or locks access, that person doesn’t automatically get the same reach everywhere else.
In big anonymous feeds the trolls and normal users share the exact same space. Rooms try to break that dynamic a bit.
It probably won’t eliminate toxicity, but the hope is it localizes it.
ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
If it’s using an expiring session-based anonymous “account” for interactions, how would you ban someone? Or allow rooms to be restricted, for that matter?
Like I like the idea, I just don’t understand how both things can be true.
humanobserver@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Good question.
The sessions are temporary but not instantly disposable. A host can still block a session from a room, and rooms can require approval to enter.
So the anonymity is mostly between users. Hosts still have basic control over who can participate in their space.
ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Sure, but if nobody knows who anyone is, how do you know who to let in?