borodutch 🍌
@borodutch
everybody should be anon until it is absolutely necessary to be doxxed
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
@saymore whatcha mean by this?
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Ben
@0xbenersing.eth
⭐ Threadstarter
General poll: what drove your decision to be either doxxed or anon?
Joe Petrich
@jpetrich
Partly to not have to recreate a reputation I'm proud of, partly insecurity that I wouldn't be able to.
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
I think it’s important in this transition period into a new identity era for normal people to be able to connect a person to a persona so your ideas actually get across to them.
In the future, hopefully you can be anon and influential at a global scale, but it’ll be a while.
kenny
@kenny
I still have a day job
online reputation matters if you're building an irl career
JonnyRingo.eth ⚰️
@jonnyringo
Establishing trust in a trustless environment. I am doxxed
Erin Magennis
@erin
Entered through DeSci which is mostly doxxed and have done a fair amount of speaking under my name.
Leaning more towards the benefits of anon each day
Les Greys
@les
Identity should be like walking into a retail store.
Someone knows you’re there, they don’t know your name or details until a transaction takes place.
But if you come around often your behavior becomes known but your details may not.
Imo, We are moving towards this model.
Les Greys
@les
To answer the q:
I think starting anon is the proper default option, so I tested it out for a while, and came to the above conclusions.
Slowly, the physical me emerged into the digital me.
And now I’m all here, Les “Greys” Rodriguez, text me if you’d like 786-537-6223.
Cc: @0xbenersing.eth
borodutch 👈👈😎👖💨
@farcasteradmin.eth
because there are only downsides to being doxxed for most people
it's like circumcision
don't do it unless absolutely necessary
borodutch 👈👈😎👖💨
@farcasteradmin.eth
there is no upside to not being anonymous
you can compare this to having pinkies on feet
do you absolutely need them?
no
but is this enough to lose them?
also no
ccarella
@ccarella.eth
I doxxed because I thought my IRL reputation would provide me with legitimacy in web3.
But I regret it and the only thing that has built my legitimacy are the things I've done in web3.
Now I feel trapped because I don't want to go back to Square 1.
Manuel
@manuelmaccou.eth
I didn’t want to worry about keeping up with two identities. I am me and I wouldn’t do anything online that I wouldn’t do in real life. So no need to hide. As far as discrimination or bias based on how I look that may block me from certain opportunities…the single reputation benefit outweighed the risk for me.
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Bro what are you even talking about?
Ben
@0xbenersing.eth
Did that lead you to doxx, or not?
Ben
@0xbenersing.eth
be nice :)
(also curious)
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Firmly a confused response not a disagreement response - genuinely want to understand why I should be anon in most situations as implied here
Ben
@0xbenersing.eth
nothing wrong with disagreeing
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Totally! I just want to understand what I may or not being disagreeing with 😂
Noah Bragg 🤝
@nbragg
Doxxed.
Stand up for your thoughts, ideas, and products.
Don't give yourself an easy out to run away.
kenny
@kenny
Yes that's the reason I've always been doxxed and not bothered with building an anon reputation
Ben
@0xbenersing.eth
Thanks for clarifying
kenny
@kenny
Def realized I didn't even give an answer after posting 😅
Robin A.
@degenroot.eth
Had to as I am working with 30-40 web3 start-ups per quarter helping them to fundraise and shape up their product offering. It's mostly based on trust and a good relationship and you can't do that with a anon profile, or at least not as good.
Ben
@0xbenersing.eth
I considered staying anon for the same reason.
Obviously I decided against it.
borodutch 👈👈😎👖💨
@farcasteradmin.eth
hey chill
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Sorry if that came across as rude!
Definitely just full confused by the statement + metaphor
borodutch 👈👈😎👖💨
@farcasteradmin.eth
humans don't need pinkies on feet, we can surgically remove them and not even notice it
same with privacy
the fact that you don't absolutely need something doesn't mean you need to get rid of it
especially when there is no downside in having vs not having
Cameron Armstrong
@cameron
Can you speak more about there being no downsides to privacy?
mattkunke.eth
@mattkunke
transitioning to an externally facing research role. After realizing I'd need to post stuff from a doxxed account it felt like it wasn't worth the effort to have two accounts w/ one being doxxed and the other anon
borodutch 👈👈😎👖💨
@farcasteradmin.eth
why yes of course
there are no downsides to privacy
Sam
@samantha
Doxxed bringing my web2 reputation to web3
Also I feel like most of the time I’m my authentic self and have the freedom to express ideas without any severe consequences
JonnyRingo.eth ⚰️
@jonnyringo
The paradoxical ideation:
Trustless tech tends to built by people who's motives you need to trust
Matko Ceco
@cecko
Personal and financial privacy
Caden
@cbxm
I got tired of trying to design a new persona so I just chose me
Noah Bragg 🤝
@nbragg
It's easiest to be yourself. 😅
Devin Elliot
@notdevin.eth
Downside to privacy is you can’t leverage all attributes of a network. Being known in some dimension is required to create collaboration
borodutch 👈👈😎👖💨
@farcasteradmin.eth
Yes yes
As shown by
Satoshi Nakamoto
Steven
@shr
Doxxed. Initially didn’t see the potential dangers of it and just the inertia to keep interacting the same way I do IRL.
But I’ve been tempted to switch, but I’m wary of losing existing relationship while doing the switch
Ben
@0xbenersing.eth
Why? 2x
Ben
@0xbenersing.eth
What's tempting you to switch?
Ryan Reef
@ryanreef
Lower cognitive load to have one persona although I can see good reasons for remaining anon.
Ryan Reef
@ryanreef
Also not relevant to most people but the most influential people are doxxed. Maybe Satoshi will shift this trajectory.
Alex Palmer
@thatalexpalmer.eth
I think professional identities benefit from an appropriate level of personal disclosure. For me, it’s about trust and accountability. I’ve built regulated things before, and doing it again in crypto - it helps (although not with everything and not always).
I do get a lot of spam/fraud though. 😂