My takeaway focuses on Facebook and other “real name” social networks’ being the wrong platforms for posting dissenting opinions. If you want to post radical*

My takeaway focuses on Facebook and other “real name” social networks’ being the wrong platforms for posting dissenting opinions. If you want to post radical* content, any tool which makes it easy to connect said content back to your real identity should be a non-starter. On the flip-side, gaining enough of a following with throw-away, anonymized accounts is a challenge unto itself. I’m not sure what the answers are to help people understand the differences and offer alternatives. How many of the students described in the article who were beaten and imprisoned after posting “objectionable” content did so knowing they’d likely serve as martyrs for their causes? * in the eyes of the authorities you are disagreeing with