Facebook: “Anonymity on the Internet has to go awa

[EmptyTimCup]

Facebook: “Anonymity on the Internet has to go away”



Facebook’s marketing director Randi Zuckerberg, who also happens to be Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, wants to put an end to online anonymity. She believes that Internet users would act much more responsibly online if they were forced to use their real names at all times.

During a Marie Claire round table discussion on cyberbullying and social media, Randi explained how using real names online could help curb bullying and harassment on the web, according to Huffington Post:

I think anonymity on the Internet has to go away… People behave a lot better when they have their real names down. … I think people hide behind anonymity and they feel like they can say whatever they want behind closed doors. ​

Zuckerberg was asked several times to name what new features Facebook will offer to better safeguard security on the social networking site. Unsurprisingly, she refused to give specific examples of forthcoming initiatives:

There’s so much more we can do. We’re actively trying to work with partners like Common Sense Media and our safety advisory committee. ​

Five months ago, Facebook announced new safety resources and tools for reporting issues, in conjunction with a White House summit for preventing bullying. Four months ago, the company rolled them out.

 

[kwillia]

:like:

 

[jrt_ms1995]

F*** Facebook.

 

[EmptyTimCup]

F*** Facebook.

 

[Cheeky1]

F*** Facebook.

x2

 

[jetmonkey]

All the cool kids are on Google+. I has invites.

 

[vraiblonde]

The only time I get bullied on the internet is by you guys. And yes, it distresses me. So much so that I weep into my pillow at night. Really. But the internet would be so boring without drama. It's very simple to block harassers from your internet life, but why? What would we do for entertainment if we only friended people we knew and liked? Would life be worth living if we simply hit the red X instead of taking up our swords and battling our opponents?

I think not.

 

[jrt_ms1995]

Plain and simple, the internet was designed and built for the distribution of pornography; any other uses are incidental to its intended purpose. From researchers passing along files for outputting nekkid ladies on dot-matrix printers has arisen this wonder of technology!

 

[kom526]

What would we do for entertainment if we only friended people we knew and liked? Would life be worth living if we simply hit the red X instead of taking up our swords and battling our opponents?

I only friend people I know and like. And one of these days I'm going to invite them to my house for Mountain Dew and XBox Kinect.