No, Getting Rid Of Anonymity Will Not Fix Social Media; It Will Cause More Problems
Mon, Feb 1st 2021 9:35am — Mike Masnick There's an idea that pops up every so often among people who are upset about misinformation online but don't actually understand the realities of online communities and the dynamics of how it all works: it's the idea that "anonymity" is the root cause of many of the internet's problems. We've spent years debunking this, though it's been nearly a decade since there was a previous focus on this issue -- and it's now coming back. Unfortunately, part of the reason it's coming back is because a friend of Techdirt, Andy Kessler (who we've even published on ...