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Thanks to Facebook we know this theory to be falsified. It's not anonymity that makes people total fuckwads, but rather a lack of consequences for their actions

Thanks to Facebook we know this theory to be falsified. It's not anonymity that makes people total fuckwads, but rather a lack of consequences for their actions. A Facebook luser who posts political drivel that just happens to agree with the position of its owners will face no repercussions and consequently will be emboldened to act like a fuckwad. A lack of anonymity hasn't changed that there nor will it, but actually moderating would. TL;DR The whole world would be a much nicer place if some people had the testicular fortitude to tell loudmouths to put a sock in it.

theshrike79 5y ago
It's practical anonymity anyway. No one will actually bother to dig up Joe Wilkinson from Adairville, Kentucky. The Internet was killed by the Eternal September of everyone getting access. We forgot the age-old rule of "don't feed the troll". Now people will respond to, retweet and amplify every village idiot's voice so that it can be heard around the globe. And The Algorithm loves that, because it's engagement and drives more people to engage and be enraged by the content. If we would just stop interacting with idiots they would shut up or maybe, just maybe, they might learn some actual discourse.