Inasmuch as there is actual research, it seems to show that requiring real names or real world identities does not reduce trolling, and can even make it worse[0

Inasmuch as there is actual research, it seems to show that requiring real names or real world identities does not reduce trolling, and can even make it worse[0][1]. My experience as a page admin on Facebook seems to confirm this -- the comment sections there are at least as nasty as anywhere I've been with anonymous comments. [0]: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160729/23305535110/study-trolls-are-even-worse-when-using-real-names.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160729/23305535110/study... [1]: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0155923 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal....