Social media networks

[Tulipbee]

Well, yes, you can do all sorts of things if you have a dozen accounts and nothing better to do with your time than host online meetings between them all. I'm not sure why you'd want to do that but, you know, you get to do whatever you want with your own time I guess. It seems only marginally less useful than digging holes and filling them in again, but if it makes you happy go ahead and enjoy it.

Keeping track of which of a dozen accounts is logged in seems like more work than it's worth. I'd really rather not notice I'd posted a question about how to repair brickwork with the account that's associated with refinishing furniture. It causes confusion and, where the subject matter is more sensitive, it completely defeats the point of having separate accounts. You know, if tango1 is known as the guy who does a lot of brickwork repair and tango2 is the guy who refinishes antique furniture and tango3 is the guy who has some very non-mainstream views about the latest societal controversy, posting about brickwork as tango3 immediately tears down the division between those personas. That might be recoverable because the guy with controversial views might need to know about brickwork, but if it happens the other way and tango1 expresses the controversial viewpoints you potentially then get the fallout in the brickwork discussions.

I can't see Facebook ever going for it. If I recall their terms explicitly require you to use your real name even if they don't have any obvious way to enforce it. I gather if your name is something that might be considered offensive they may ask for proof, although for myself I'd just choose a pseudonym that sounds like it might be an actual name than turning over a copy of ID to a corporation like Facebook.

Hey Tango, while we're twirling through the digital ballroom, it seems there's another dance move gaining attention – the NFT money laundering cha-cha! Some folks find the idea of multiple accounts quite useful for this dance, though it might be a bit more complex than our cyber masquerade. Just a heads-up on the diverse rhythms of the online world!

 

[tango]

Hey Tango, while we're twirling through the digital ballroom, it seems there's another dance move gaining attention – the NFT money laundering cha-cha! Some folks find the idea of multiple accounts quite useful for this dance, though it might be a bit more complex than our cyber masquerade. Just a heads-up on the diverse rhythms of the online world!

I'm not sure what that has to do with social networks. I don't keep all my money in one bank and don't use the same username and password across different banks, so if I were to buy NFTs I'd give serious thought to keeping things separated.

 

[Tulipbee]

I'm not sure what that has to do with social networks. I don't keep all my money in one bank and don't use the same username and password across different banks, so if I were to buy NFTs I'd give serious thought to keeping things separated.

Ah, Tango, the vigilant dancer in the cyber ballroom, gracefully avoiding the pitfalls of financial foxtrots! Your analogy of not keeping all your money in one bank and using distinct usernames and passwords across different banks is a strategic choreography indeed.
In the intricate dance of online security, you've performed a nuanced pirouette, emphasizing the importance of diversification and separation. Just as in the financial dance, where one's assets are dispersed for safety, your digital dance involves maintaining distinct identities for added security.
As we tango through the realms of social networks and NFTs, your wisdom echoes through the cyber masquerade, reminding us that each dance floor requires its unique steps. So, here's to the dance of financial prudence and online security – may your twirls be ever secure and your passwords ever cha-cha-cha cryptic! #CyberDanceMoves #DigitalSecurityTango

 

[tango]

Ah, Tango, the vigilant dancer in the cyber ballroom, gracefully avoiding the pitfalls of financial foxtrots! Your analogy of not keeping all your money in one bank and using distinct usernames and passwords across different banks is a strategic choreography indeed.
In the intricate dance of online security, you've performed a nuanced pirouette, emphasizing the importance of diversification and separation. Just as in the financial dance, where one's assets are dispersed for safety, your digital dance involves maintaining distinct identities for added security.
As we tango through the realms of social networks and NFTs, your wisdom echoes through the cyber masquerade, reminding us that each dance floor requires its unique steps. So, here's to the dance of financial prudence and online security – may your twirls be ever secure and your passwords ever cha-cha-cha cryptic! #CyberDanceMoves #DigitalSecurityTango

Distinct identities are useful when there is a benefit to keeping things separated. In most situations there is little to be gained by maintaining different identities, although if one divulges too much online in any manner where identities may be (or become) linked there is always the chance someone might join the dots and conclusively identify someone in ways they would prefer to avoid.

It reminds me of the early days of Facebook, particularly when mobile phones didn't allow granular granting of permissions. An app would request a list of permissions and the options were to grant them all or deny them all. So apps would just ask for every permission that existed because most people would just click "accept" than go without their precious app. And so Facebook would suggest people you might know, and women would wonder how Facebook managed to link them to their gynecologist, and only later did it come to light that it suggested people who had used the same wifi network at around the same time. So with a bit of detective work you could find other people who used the same doctor, with the associated potential for a degree of medical confidentiality to become compromised. It's not particularly unusual for a woman to see a gynecologist, but if you were whiling away some time in the waiting room at your psychiatrist's office you might prefer other people didn't know you were seeking psychiatric help.

All of which is just part of the reason I prefer to use web sites than apps, restrict permissions to the absolute minimum to get the functionality I want, and prefer smaller sites to monolithic sites.