Topicle Beta
Thanks to everyone for joining! At the suggestion of u/ash2449, I've created a suggestions megathread. What do you want to see developed for the site in terms of new features or alterations of existing features? Please post all your suggestions for the site here.
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Add optional identity verification and revocation for Australians with an associated display checkmark, to make it a little harder for foreign trolls and shills to freely do their thing.
I think a core problem modern social media face is the fact that bots are everywhere and can get around a ton of systems.
IDs mean little when a ton of id info can be found in the dark web from hacks and leaks
Paying for check marks also doesn’t mean much when they can use stolen card info and other online methods.
The most reliable check I have seen is the whole ‘use your camera to check your face while holding your id to confirm it’s you’, so a checkmark that requires this would actually mean something.
Originally I was shying away from this because of how invasive it can feel and how badly people might react, but numerous people today have actually been asking for it, so I'm going to look into adding it. If it gets a terrible backlash, perhaps it can be rethought, but something like it would be a requirement for enabling nsfw content anyway because of the eSafety laws, so perhaps it can be three birds with one stone, verifying the person is a real human, gating mature content and fighting bots.
Some people will definitely not like it, but I am more of the mind that if you are gonna have to do it, at least try to do it right.
It is probably more expensive to do a serious check but it would allow the platform to be advertised as a human only platform.
Something i feel it going to be more desired as bots take over normal social media and you cant trust you are talking to a real person anymore, plus the fact that all the interaction statistics kinda become irrelevant when inflated by bot numbers.
I'm thinking of doing voluntary verification, and you get a verified tick on your profile page and hover profile card. It doesn't scare away users that don't want to do it (fair enough, some people feel quite strongly ideologically against it), but allows you to only respond to verified real people, if you so choose. User profiles still remain anonymous, I don't personally see any of your information, that stays with the verification company and is disposed of once verification is done. I also don't want your data, every bit retained is a potential liability. I'll try and get this feature in asap.
Voluntary is great way, this would also allow nsfw topics for verified people as well.
Real question is what form of verification, i dont know the cost but the whole "Look at the camera while holding your ID" is likely the most secure one but I have only really seen it used for things like contract/credit cards that actually need to confirm its the real person using said id.
Cause you dont want another twitter, as an mmorpg player I know very well that a paywalls are not an obstacle for bots, and finding id photos or info online isnt hard either, I could find korean social security numbers as a teen 18 years ago just so I can play aion 1 beta xD