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Remember when Google (via G+) required YouTube comments to use their real name? It did not improve the tone of the comments. Or how Facebook comments on article

Remember when Google (via G+) required YouTube comments to use their real name? It did not improve the tone of the comments. Or how Facebook comments on articles are rarely free from trolling. Real names may stop some people from trolling but there seem to be an abundance of people willing to put their name to it.

wpietri 8y ago
You seem to be attacking a straw man. Nobody said that anonymity was the sole driver of bad comments. Certainly I didn't.
- ChrisSD 8y ago
  I'm arguing that the difference is negligible.
  - wpietri 8y ago
    If you have any evidence that suggest that anonymity doesn't amplify harmful behaviors in people predisposed to them, I'd love to see it.