I completely agree and am glad I am not the only one who feels like that. I believe a lot of the internet of that era changed with Facebook: it was the first p

I completely agree and am glad I am not the only one who feels like that. I believe a lot of the internet of that era changed with Facebook: it was the first prominent social media that encouraged (mandated even) you to use your real name and information and a lot of people went with it. Myspace, MSN or similar before that were all aliases even if you knew the people in real life. This removed a level of privacy and made attacks more personal.