this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2023
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That's a straight no from me.
We can already interact with our friends and family anywhere we choose, but Lemmy is one of the only general discussion areas left on the internet that isn't full of the stupidest people on the planet.
Bringing our family here will just result in real identities taking over and limiting discussion to what's acceptable in all our little social bubbles.
I don't think this discussion is just about Lemmy
I agree that Lemmy (+ Reddit and other forums) by design are for anonymous accounts.
At the same time, things like Twitter / Facebook/ Instagram are more for personally identifiable accounts. I want to see photos from my friends on Instagram, not random people. I get the random people photos on Reddit/Lemmy
It's different use cases. I use my real name on Mastodon and PixelFed, and I use this account on Lemmy.
Well not exactly. The person posting chooses the platform and then other people have to go to said platform. If someone doesn't like platform X and prefers Y then they have to convince others to also switch to Y. This happened with instant messengers and it happens with chat applications.