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The main objection Mr. McAnn seems to have to Wikipedia is that most people on it don't go by their real name, but rather use pseudonyms. The implied criticism
by quanticle 10y ago
The main objection Mr. McAnn seems to have to Wikipedia is that most people on it don't go by their real name, but rather use pseudonyms. The implied criticism is that if people had to go by their real legal name, they wouldn't resort to writing untrue things on Wikipedia. Of course, as we've seen with both YouTube and Facebook's real-name-only strategies, it doesn't work. Forcing real names doesn't make mean people on the internet less mean. All it does is make it easier for those mean people to bully their targets.