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Touche. But, note that I didn't say having an anonymous avatar couldn't be useful or creative. I just said that it is the equivalent of having no #skininthegame, of hiding in the proverbial mothers basement with an internet connection.

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هدف الحكماء

@GRITCULT

Sep 10, 2018

disagree, tell that to satoshi proof of work is in tweet content twitter.com/cognazor/statu…

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If you value your account, that in itself is skin in the game... skin in the game is just having something (pertinent to the topic) to lose.

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Sure, many scales of #skininthegame. I was just referring to one of them.

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I think personal identification online is thoroughly overrated. Accountability improves behavior. Reputation stifles it, esp. if you're in a sensitive position.

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Personally, I have very little to lose by revealing more personal information. But it's nobody's business on here unless they're a personal friend. Conversely, I've lost some followers I cared about over contentious topics. To me, that's already plenty of skin in the game.

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As for skin in the game itself, its usefulness both interpersonally and personally seems very context-dependent. You'll typically want your decision to matter. You don't necessarily want your social media presence to affect your personal life directly.

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All good points. I'm just pushing back on some corners of anonymous Twitter culture that seem to thrive in the dark. Good and creative for a while, but then mold grows and infections start.

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I (think I) see what you're getting at. For me, though, things like "will I get fired for this," or "what will my mother (the consummate stalker) think of this?" are not questions I'd like to entertain.

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That's fair. However, speaking personally, I am slowly trying to integrate all corners of my life. But before integration has to occur, differentiation is necessary...

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Again, the personal utility of skin in the game is paradigmatic. A thief does not want the same profile as a politician does not want the same profile as a teacher. If you can integrate all elements, I think that's a worthwhile enough goal. But for many people, that's a big if.

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Since empathy and, often, consequences, are more or less opt-in on the web, you do see a lot of people choosing to forego good behaviour. Or, to paraphrase

@iwelsh

: the risk of getting punched in the face keeps a lot of bullshit at bay.

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Yes, that is what I meant by Twitter #skininthegame

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