I really like things like this. I think it’s possible we could do a “decent enough” job, though it’s impossible to have a solution without risk.
One thing I’ve been thinking about is a browser extention. People would keep a list of things, like, “User XYZ is Greg Hitchenson”, and then when it sees XYZ, it adds annotation”.
Lots of people are semi-anonymous already. They have psuedonyms that most people don’t know, but “those in the know” do. This sort of works, but isn’t formalized, and can be a pain. (Lots of asking around: “Who is X?”)
I think Yair Halberstadt is aware that it is not safe—but that doesn’t seem to be his goal anyway. I like this too. I did something a bit like this a while ago in the LW wiki. Pages there aren’t found via the author search either—but can be traced back by checking who edited the page.
I really like things like this. I think it’s possible we could do a “decent enough” job, though it’s impossible to have a solution without risk.
One thing I’ve been thinking about is a browser extention. People would keep a list of things, like, “User XYZ is Greg Hitchenson”, and then when it sees XYZ, it adds annotation”.
Lots of people are semi-anonymous already. They have psuedonyms that most people don’t know, but “those in the know” do. This sort of works, but isn’t formalized, and can be a pain. (Lots of asking around: “Who is X?”)
I think Yair Halberstadt is aware that it is not safe—but that doesn’t seem to be his goal anyway. I like this too. I did something a bit like this a while ago in the LW wiki. Pages there aren’t found via the author search either—but can be traced back by checking who edited the page.