We've experienced this a lot on Luunr. I think it comes down to accountability. There is a place for anonymous posts, but for the most part the quality of content is strongly tied to how accountable the users are.
On Luunr anyone can create discussion rooms anonymously while users must be logged in to comment. The discussion topics are all over the map and include some pretty raunchy things, while the discussion (by users tied to a simple email account) are much more thoughtful, deep, and conversational.
What about other discussion/social apps that don't rely on friend networks, like http://luunr.com/ ? Or will facebook overwhelm people with their flavor of online discussion and keep it from ever hitting critical mass?
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We've experienced this a lot on Luunr. I think it comes down to accountability. There is a place for anonymous posts, but for the most part the quality of content is strongly tied to how accountable the users are. On Luunr anyone can create discussion rooms anonymously while users must be logged in to comment. The discussion topics are all over the map and include some pretty raunchy things, while the discussion (by users tied to a simple email account) are much more thoughtful, deep, and conversational.
What about other discussion/social apps that don't rely on friend networks, like http://luunr.com/ ? Or will facebook overwhelm people with their flavor of online discussion and keep it from ever hitting critical mass?