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Real person ID isn't a solution since real persons can always consort with bots on the side.

I think anonymity and pseudo-anonymity still have a place and contribute a lot to discussion quality. So do people posting under their real names. We don't know how this is all going to play out yet.

>>dang+(OP)
> We don't know how this is all going to play out yet

One risk is that bot-generated contributions drown out human-generated content, both due to speed with which they can be crafted as well as “quality”. I put quality in quotes because in human debate there’s a learning process and so while an individual contribution might be “lower quality” than another, the overall discussion quality and learning quality (for both contributor and readers) can be high.

Put differently, just because all the individual contributions are of high quality does not mean the “thread quality” is high.

>>dang+(OP)
Real person ID only works with government issued auth, say webauthn with government backed ID verification. Heck, if that webauthn provider would also allowed third party anonymity (auth that just state a person is real, guaranteed, but you won't know who, and no records) I'd be thrilled. It'd to be optional though, just a flag attached to the account, but we're head on to have reputation systems attached to accounts anyway.

>>dang+(OP)
The real person ID will make the "real person" liable to whatever the bot says and does though. I know US Americans have a bit more relaxed setups when it comes to free speech but that doesn't absolve anyone of actual consequences once the real name is out in the open. Not that Uncle Sam might prosecute you, but Jonathan who lives two blocks away might be so triggered by your response that he will graffiti your front door.

>>neuron+g11
Then it’s time to get the cops involved for a case of vandalism.