I don't think people live in fear of the online mobs. People post vile opinions all the time in the Facebook comments sections of new stories, with open profile

I don't think people live in fear of the online mobs. People post vile opinions all the time in the Facebook comments sections of new stories, with open profiles and what is ostensibly their real names. I agree that online mobs have changed the game as far as speech consequences go, and I agree that most of those changes are for the worse. I do not see a way out, however, except to delete your social media and do not post things to the Internet that could possibly be linked back to you. I don't really like the Web anymore.