It is much easier to compartmentalize and hide things online when your true identity is unknown. I have enough karma here on HN, that I am sure I could get som

It is much easier to compartmentalize and hide things online when your true identity is unknown. I have enough karma here on HN, that I am sure I could get someone on Lobste.rs to vouch for me without personally knowing me. But maybe my karma is only high here because I have a cabal of other accounts upvoting me and the mods haven't caught on yet. Or maybe this is my one authentic account and on Reddit I run a swarm of bots that hits /r/politics to support my chosen presidential candidate. Appearing to be a good user on one site doesn't guarantee that a person will be a good user everywhere. Personally knowing someone and having that real life connection to provide consequences is a much stronger deterrent to bad behavior.