Extraordinary Genius

Chapter 1270 – Real-name system

Everyone starts to discuss what features this site should have, how they should attract users, and how they will charge the users when Liu Chuanzhi suddenly asked.

“Have you all thought about the biggest difference between this site and other sites?”

Qiu Bojun looks up suddenly. “Are you saying this site needs to use a real-name system?”

Real-name system?!

Everyone’s face changed. That’s right. If the user wants to find their old friends and classmates accurately, they must use their real names. If users use an online username, how would other people know who are you? But most people use usernames nowadays.

Also, hiding the real name helped with internet development in China. Many people like to use a meaningful username and dare to say anything as no one knows who they are.

Being anonymous also allowed people to start making online friends. This is similar to pen-pals before the internet. Users dare to share their troubles and inner-feelings without worrying others will know their identity. But this also resulted in many people spreading rumors and tarnishing other people’s reputations online.

A Real-name system is good at building trust between people and will increase the credibility of an individual.

Even on the Internet and even traditional media, people should be protected with copyright and intellectual protection. People who publish articles should be using their real names. Since you decided to be a reporter or a writer, you must be responsible to the public. Using a pseudonym is irresponsible!

People had discussed this issue on the internet and other media. But as technology cannot keep up, and there are no written laws, the discussion died down.

This is a habit, and most netizens do not like using a real-name system. They felt it will not as fun as before. Who is willing to reveal his own personal details like their identity cards to others? This is their personal privacy.

“What’s wrong? Are you all scare after hearing the real-name system?” Feng Yu asked.

“That’s right. It’s hard to implement a real-name system, but not all websites need to use this system. Also, some people prefer to use their real names. For example, some movie stars are using their real names to register for their Weibo. This will help them increase their interactions with their fans. That means not everyone will oppose this system.”

“From another perspective, I can use different usernames for my QQ, Weibo, forums, and game accounts. Even if I use my real name for my Weibo, I can still use pseudonyms for the rest. Why can’t both systems exist together?”

“Exist together? That means we can use a real-name system for this site, and it will not clash with other websites?” Pony Ma asked.

“Bingo! Our Chinese web has a different purpose compared to other sites. Why can’t we be different from others? All of you don’t go to internet bars. Do you know that Public Security had ordered internet bars to register its customer’s identification card numbers this year? This is to restrict under-aged users to go on the internet and stop criminals from going to internet bars and other public places.”

“I know about this. Our Lenovo Kingsoft has developed software to use their identity cards to register for a membership card. The membership card is a form of online identification and can surf the internet in internet bars. But many companies are also doing the same thing, and it would be great to standardize all these cards in the future.” Qiu Bojun said

“You all had developed a one-card pass? How is it doing?” Feng Yu is interested.

“It’s doing fine. But it is not considered a one-card pass. This card is originally developed for a school’s cafeteria payment system. Food tickets are often misplaced, and it’s hard to manage cash. Schools with extra funds will set up this card system. The technology is not difficult, and basically, it’s about the system structure. After that, we heard some internet bars use this technology as their membership cards to attract customers. When their customers top up their cards to a certain value, they will get free drinks or discounts. So, we modify our food card system to become an internet bar membership card management system.”

“Does your internet card have that big magnetic strip, similar to the banks’ ATM cards?”

“Yes. It’s those types.”

“Do you know about Hong Kong’s Octopus card? It is a type of plastic card with a microchip inside. Users can just tap the card on the reader, and the reader can read the data inside. Users can also top up the value inside and use it for payments.”

“I know about that. That type of card is used to encourage people to take public transport now.” Qiu Bojun replied.

Huh? Feng Yu doesn’t know the public transport is using this type of stored value cards now. He has not been on public transportation for too long.”

“This type of card is much better than those with magnetic strips. The magnetic strip is easily damaged, and the card might snap when inserting or swiping it too hard. A contactless card is much better. I suggest switching all the internet bars magnetic strip membership cards to this type. Hmm... Tai Hua Supermarket membership cards should also be changed.”

It is worthwhile to develop this new contactless card just for Tai Hua Supermarket. Furthermore, this is a simple technology, and they can figure it out in no time.

“Ok. I will get my men to work on this after I return.” Qiu Bojun nodded.

“Have you all notice the loophole for this internet card? I can use my ID to register for this card and let someone else uses it secretly. That means the real-name system might not face opposition, and some of the registered users might not be real. But without the real-name system, this site will lose its biggest value.”

“We must stop online crimes. If many people claim they are scammed through our website, it will harm our reputation.”

“We can ask the users to use their own photographs on their accounts.” Zhang Chaoyang suggested.

“This can only be suggested but cannot be forced upon the users. How would we know if they use a random picture of a celebrity off the internet? We do not have the technology to detect it, and it’s not practical to get people to verify manually. What if the user really looks like that celebrity?”

“This is why I got all of you here. This site needs to consider a lot of things other than technologies. We must come up with possible problems and thick of solutions together.”

Real-name system