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Psychology professor; wrote The Mating Mind, Spent, Mate, & Virtue Signaling. Agnostic centrist into evolution, sex, sentience, freedom & future.

New Mexico
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    1. Bret Weinstein‏Verified account @BretWeinstein 5 Apr 2019
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      Bret Weinstein Retweeted Dave Rubin

      There is a value to having annonomity as an option, but I'm not convinced the benifits have any potential to exceed the staggering cost.https://twitter.com/RubinReport/status/1113922175147302912 …

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      Dave RubinVerified account @RubinReport
      Simple idea to make Twitter better... Anonymous accounts are fine because having non-conformist thought subjects you to the mob. Once you get 5k followers you can no longer be anonymous. Many journalists are using anonymous accounts as proxies to do their dirty work. Thoughts?
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    2. Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly 6 Apr 2019
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      Replying to @BretWeinstein

      This is one of many issues where (1) I have no idea what's best, (2) a randomized controlled trial would help clarify the pros and cons of anonymity, but (3) an RCT (anon vs. non-anon versions of Twitter) would be impossible to run.

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    3. Nicholas A. Christakis‏Verified account @NAChristakis 6 Apr 2019
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      Replying to @primalpoly @BretWeinstein

      If I had to guess, I think anonymity imposed greater costs than benefits on the commons. @RubinReport

      19 replies 5 retweets 26 likes
    4. Al Whipstock jr.‏ @JrWhipstock 6 Apr 2019
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      Replying to @NAChristakis @primalpoly and

      Wrong guess. Anonymity keeps some people alive, keeps them out of prison or allows them to stay in their jobs. Not everyone has the luxury to live under a tolerant government/society that is open to dissenting opinions. I would even say: most people don't.

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    5. OB‏ @Cakesniffe1 6 Apr 2019
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      Replying to @JrWhipstock @NAChristakis and

      I haven't seen a single specific "negative effect" of anonymity described in this thread. What on earth are people talking about?

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      Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly 6 Apr 2019
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      Replying to @Cakesniffe1 @JrWhipstock and

      I imagine being dogpiled by anonymous trolls is the most salient cost to most people with a decent number of followers. IMHO, anonymous bots aren't much of a problem compared to that.

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        2. Geoffrey Miller‏Verified account @primalpoly 6 Apr 2019
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          Replying to @silence_commie @Cakesniffe1 and

          Yes, see my more recent post about this

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        1. Will‏ @Evolving_Moloch 6 Apr 2019
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          Replying to @primalpoly @Cakesniffe1 and

          I think just as often people are dogpiled by non-anonymous trolls who are quite often conferred increased status and prestige by their particular group for engaging in such behaviors

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        1. Niko Sillanpää‏ @antiantioedipe 6 Apr 2019
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          Replying to @primalpoly @Cakesniffe1 and

          It has been like that since the dawn of message boards and the Usenet news. Irritating?—definitely. A problem?—yes, but a large extent a filterable, blockable and mutable problem.

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