Fuuuuck that. The option of anonymity is essential to freedom of expression especially where authoritarianism takes root. Especially important now.
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cattywampas@lemm.ee 1 day agoInternet anonymity in general is a terrible thing and I would do away with it if I could. I’m impossible to say who’s a real person, who’s a bot, who’s an alternate account. It’s allowed every evil and terrible person to find others like them and embolden each other without the oversight of social pressure from the rest of society which I think is an essentially needed social cue of healthy human communities.
Yes I realize the irony of posting this on Lemmy.
derbis@beehaw.org 1 day ago
executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 15 hours ago
I agree with you but it does cut both ways. Anonymity empowers assholes, too.
Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 hours ago
L take. There’s no shortage of people on FB posting under their real names some takes that are no better than those of the average /pol/ user. Anonymity is not the problem here.
sleepybisexual@beehaw.org 16 hours ago
OK, legal name, Id
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