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Re:Handful of “highly toxic” Wikipedia editors cause 9% of a... by kazinator on Saturday February 11, 2017 @12:56PM (#13623761)
It's a badly stated result. What they have debunked is the myth that requiring identities prevents abuse.

I'm not aware of such a myth though.

Plenty of abuse happens even from real name accounts. Cough ... LKML.

This is another "study that confirms what everyone sort of knows already".

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Re:Handful of “highly toxic” Wikipedia editors cause 9% of a... by slavik81 on Saturday February 11, 2017 @02:31PM (#13624275)
It has died down a bit in recent years, but the idea that anonymity causes abuse is widely circulated in gaming circles because of this popular Penny Arcade comic: https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19
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