re "The Real Name Fallacy"

["David Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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From: Gary Johnston <JOHNSTON () nku edu>
Subject: Re: [IP] "The Real Name Fallacy"
Date: January 8, 2017 at 7:35:44 AM EST
To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net>

I recall a telecommunications conference I attended around 1984 in Atlanta. While discussing this same problem to a 
packed room, then FCC Commissioner John Johnston referred to online communications as "the great disinhibitor." 
Anonymous or not, seems not much has changed. So this points to the difference being either face-to-face or behind a 
screen safe from being punched. 

/Gary/

Sent from Gary's iPhone 6 Plus. 

On Jan 7, 2017, at 2:17 PM, Dave Farber <dave () farber net <mailto:dave () farber net>> wrote:


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




"The Real Name Fallacy"



https://blog.coralproject.net/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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