Researchers have found there are two key reasons people choose to be anonymous online: self-expression or toxic behaviour
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What about option 3? Because fuck you that's why. No one needs to know who anyone else is online.
Within reason. Do you want Nazis?
Nazis are there whether we're anonymous or not. I don't know if you've seen Facebook but sunlight does not always disinfect.
But at the same time they can't infect everything at once, whereas with unaccounted anonymity they can and will and do.
Saying, we cant have total anonymity because Nazis is a very dumb take
Por qué no los dos?
It’s my fucking right. End of story.
Privacy, eol