Does Pseudo-Anonymity Matter in the Digital Future?
Anonymity empowers honest perspectives and is a consensus-building feature of digital communities.
Society is becoming more digital in how we interact with one another. The internet and the smartphone provide near-constant access to the persistent digital world.
But the internet is still young and full of inconsistent standards for how we express and represent ourselves. We use avatars as a representation of digital identity which can imbue attributes that are unavailable in the physical world.
You can be anyone you want on the infinite internet.
The use of avatars creates a pseudo-anonymous reality, where people can hide their real identities. The question is whether or not it’s a good thing. And will it be part of the future versions of the internet?
Preference Falsification
There is a growing problem among social communities known as preference falsification. It’s the habit of altering one's opinions in public settings to sync with group preferences contrary to our private divergent mindsets.
It’s when you lie about what you want because you’re afraid of the social backlash associated with your wants. Its fueled by…
