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It's darkly amusing how people pretend this is about anonymity. As if there had never been a sexist jerk who had a name. The first-order answer - the word that
by mechanical_fish 16y ago
It's darkly amusing how people pretend this is about anonymity. As if there had never been a sexist jerk who had a name.
The first-order answer - the word that belongs in this headline - is moderation; reputation and identity are just tools to make the moderation slightly easier. But people try to avoid facing up to this. Moderation is a tedious task that we all really wish could be done by a machine. It can't.
- randomwalker 16y agoYou're getting all wound up over nothing :) I write a blog about anonymity, so I'm pointing out that anonymity is part of the problem here. Your point that moderation is the larger goal and reputation/identity is only a tool is certainly valid. I guess we disagree about how effective a tool it is. For a visceral, deeply depressing account of how different the same person's behavior can be depending on whether or not they're anonymous, check out the story of the harassment of two female Yale Law students on AutoAdmit: http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2009/02/11/Two-Lawyers-Fight-Cyber-Bullying/ http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfoli...