Real names don't stop harassment, whether on the WELL in the 90s or YouTube in the 2010s. They do however harm the most vulnerable in society, either excluding

Real names don't stop harassment, whether on the WELL in the 90s or YouTube in the 2010s. They do however harm the most vulnerable in society, either excluding them from platforms or making it easy for their harassers to find and target them. Anonymity is at worst neutral for harassment. Removing it doesn't do what people hope.