I wouldn’t say a failed attempt. When can a discussion on a topic be a failure ?
I’m truly fascinated in the question if “identity likes” are such a terrible thing and enjoy hearing
the rationalizations being discussed to support that view.
But I think too you have to ask the question why this is being even proposed.
Is X in a good place now ? Or is it desperately trying to be more relevant, more profitable,
and growing ?
All good. I’ve never had a twitter account and don’t plan to have one. I probably should have made that clear sooner, but I was assuming it was obvious that I meant it in a broader and more conceptual way (potential value in an anonymous response).
My openess to the idea of allowing anonomys “likes” is why I attempted to convey why I don’t think it’s all a 100% bad idea (in my initial reply in this thread) and also that …to me…it is being proposed on Twitter possibly without with nefarious intent.
I don’t think my discussion really accomplished much on the giving end, but I know I learned some things myself (receiving end) and respect if others disagree with me even after discussing.
So you’re discussing a platform you have no experience with? No it wasn’t obvious you were talking about a broader conceptual way. As Twitter is the only platform doing this, you likely should have plainly stated you were saying what if more platforms did this.
Yes I said I should have made that clear. Sorry.
But I cant have an informed opinion on it without being a participant? Sorry, if so, I think that is dumb as the concept for likes extends beyond any sole platform.
I’m on board with anonymous likes.
There are employers who go through social media history in the hiring process and other times. It’s one less thing to have to think about.
Thanks.
That actual applies to me. I’m on a govt contract with regular background checks that include social media. I didn’t think (until now) to mention that as something that obviously impacts my perspective on such a privacy topic.
Its one of the reasons I try to lay low for the most part, or often, to not even have an account for some sites/apps (even safer to just avoid it as much as possible for areas with lightning rod topics). Work does check for “undesired participation” and it can have consequences.
I don’t think I have a problem with an employer
using public postings in evaluating a potential hire as long as they disclose that.
Now I think it would be a real challenge to link up a like to an individual and wrong to use that
in evaluation criteria. I’ve sometimes slipped up on FB or here and mistakenly liked or laughed
at some post that I didn’t mean to. Now with AI tools, maybe it would not be so hard to associate a like to a real individual;)
If an individual applying for a school teacher position has multiple postings on a child pornography sites, I would hope background checks would identify that prior. This is kinda aligned with the ability to pull up registered sex
offenders in your area.
Texas Sex Offender Registration Program | Department of Public Safety.
Fair point. But does your Xitter account have your name on it?
Or are you taking this more broadly to places like Facebook?
I didn’t say that, I just question how informed you are in this case since we were talking about a platform you never used.
Just how informed of an opinion can one have on a book they have never read, a movie they have never seen, a good you’ve never tasted, etc.
BS. I’ve been in IT for decades. Likes arent anything unique to Twitter. Nor are privacy concerns.
You know that.
And you also know that someone can have an expert level of knowledge of something (like jump-starting a car) even on a make/model/year of a car that theyve never worked on. Maybe sometimes much more than the average owner of that car in many cases.
Plenty enough to have a valid opinion.
Bad reach. Please stop there.
So someone catch me up here. Is the debate now about the public likes and potential consequences vs anonymous likes and no consequences and privacy? Just want to get a feel before jumping in
I’m not really sure anymore.
But I still think Elon did this for selfish reasons. 
I mean that’s probably where it started, but then he opens his mouth and kind of just confirms what he likes.
True. All the backlash I’ve seen in this space is around stuff he said on Xitter, not what he liked.
He tends to comment on stuff more than he likes so that’s usually where he gets himself in trouble.
I have a Coogcheese and a real name twitter that is very rarely used. No reason to give any customer a resaon to not be my customer.
Sounds as if the author of the post can still identify the likes, so there is that if you have
privacy concerns.
The author of a post can still see who liked it, with their like count and other engagement metrics showing up under the notifications tab. Otherwise, no one can see who liked another person’s post.
Then they aren’t completely useless.
HOORAY! No consequences for my choices!
These are not serious people, these are children. Whaaa I faced consequences of liking blatant racism.
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