Re:Should Facebook, Google be liable for user posts? asks U....
by danShumway on Thursday February 20, 2020 @05:15PM
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> Communities would self police much better if some level of anonymity was removed from members
This isn't an illogical theory, but I think Facebook's real-name policy disproves it.
We could have a deeper conversation about whether or not anonymity is more important than civility (I think it is). But I think before having that conversation I would want to be convinced that anonymity significantly impacts civility, and I'm much more skeptical of that claim today than I used to be. I tend to suspect now that it's more of a "common-sense" theory than something backed up by real-world studies.
This isn't an illogical theory, but I think Facebook's real-name policy disproves it.
We could have a deeper conversation about whether or not anonymity is more important than civility (I think it is). But I think before having that conversation I would want to be convinced that anonymity significantly impacts civility, and I'm much more skeptical of that claim today than I used to be. I tend to suspect now that it's more of a "common-sense" theory than something backed up by real-world studies.