"The Real Name Fallacy"

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
Date: Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 12:53 PM
Subject: [ NNSquad ] "The Real Name Fallacy"
To: <nnsquad () nnsquad org>




"The Real Name Fallacy"



https://blog.coralproject.net/the-real-name-fallacy/



        People often say that online behavior would improve if every

        comment system forced people to use their real names. It

        sounds like it should be true - surely nobody would say mean

        things if they faced consequences for their actions?  Yet the

        balance of experimental evidence over the past thirty years

        suggests that this is not the case. Not only would removing

        anonymity fail to consistently improve online community

        behavior - forcing real names in online communities could also

        increase discrimination and worsen harassment.  We need to

        change our entire approach to the question. Our concerns about

        anonymity are overly-simplistic; system design can't solve

        social problems without actual social change.



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