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Re: Show HN: Geofenced chat communities anyone can create

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Post by lukan » Sun, Nov 09, 2025, 10:37 PM UTC

bragr wrote: post #60

lukan wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Depends what your intentions are. If I want a authentic community, I would not want people to participate who lie where they live. Otherwise there is the concept of making a prank which is fine by me. But intentionally spreading lies for political propaganda or scam is very much a reason to ban someone like this for me.

So you agree with me then? I'm confused.

You edited your post, so not sure what your point is.

Either way, I would not agree that banning liers is evil.

Re: Show HN: Geofenced chat communities anyone can create

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Post by aatd86 » Sun, Nov 09, 2025, 11:26 PM UTC

lukan wrote: post #59

aatd86 wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is a lie if they use it as if they were a full-fledged member of a community while not actually being a true member of said community. If I disguise myself as a man, that does not mean that I can go the male restrooms. If I am asked for proof that I am actually female for some reason, can I decline showing such proof? And regarding arguing in bad faith, I was not arguing. Maybe you are not aware of the expression…

"It is a lie if they use it as if they were a full-fledged member of a community while not actually being a true member of said community." That would be a lie, yes. (I found your example above not clearly written and still am not quite sure what you meant exactly) "And regarding arguing in bad faith, I was not arguing. Maybe you are not aware of the expression 'lying by omission'? But the smileys I used were suppose…

So on an online forum, do you really think that you can force people to choose a profile picture that represents them accurately? Or is it a lie and it is a bannable offense? How do you enforce the truth?

> Asking for information and someone declining that information has nothing to do with lying by omission.

You may want to look up the definition of 'lying by omission'. Within the context of asking for profile information, it might well be. My point is that you need to be more measured. Even lying can be for protection at times. Sometimes it is not. It is not as straightforward as you make it seem.

An interesting thesis if you have time: https://theses.hal.science/tel-02170022/file/Icard-2019-Thes...

Re: Show HN: Geofenced chat communities anyone can create

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Post by lukan » Mon, Nov 10, 2025, 8:55 AM UTC

aatd86 wrote: post #62

lukan wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"It is a lie if they use it as if they were a full-fledged member of a community while not actually being a true member of said community." That would be a lie, yes. (I found your example above not clearly written and still am not quite sure what you meant exactly) "And regarding arguing in bad faith, I was not arguing. Maybe you are not aware of the expression 'lying by omission'? But the smileys I used were suppose…

So on an online forum, do you really think that you can force people to choose a profile picture that represents them accurately? Or is it a lie and it is a bannable offense? How do you enforce the truth? > Asking for information and someone declining that information has nothing to do with lying by omission. You may want to look up the definition of 'lying by omission'. Within the context of asking for profile infor…

"Even lying can be for protection at times."

Oh for sure. But the idea (to me) is, if you have am honest online community with lots of trust build up, you don't need to.

"do you really think that you can force people to choose a profile picture that represents them accurately"

Of course you can. But that does not mean it is a must. That depends on the specific rules.

"You may want to look up the definition of 'lying by omission'. Within the context of asking for profile information, it might well be"

But not with the examples you gave.

I will check out the paper later, but I doubt I will learn much new. It is not a new topic to me.