> anonymity It's not anonymity per se, it's lack of consequences. Big platforms tried to make Real Names (tm) a thing, with the explicitly stated faith that th

> anonymity It's not anonymity per se, it's lack of consequences. Big platforms tried to make Real Names (tm) a thing, with the explicitly stated faith that that would make people behave better. It doesn't. It opens a whole other can of worms, where now people's egos and emotional investment only increases, yet the negative consequences don't necessarily. People still behave like assholes. Because they get away with it. And are even lionized for it!