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kleinbl00  ·  3690 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Humanizing Hubski

I'm going to try to restate your question:

"If 'dehumanization' is the act of removing control, would removing the controls others have over their perspective of you be dehumanizing?"

The key is perspective. I am interested in shaping the "I" of this space. My identity, my self-image is the object here. I can't stop you from keeping a Moleskine with notes about every thing I say - but it isn't built into the system. More importantly, your notes do not become a part of the gestalt - it is impossible for them to be a part of my identity.

That's why doxing is a powerful weapon, by the way - it's identity assassination. You can be the Pimp Daddy of all Reddit but drop dox and you're just a middle-aged IT consultant in Texas. The image that you have built for yourself becomes replaced by the image that you're trying to escape.