I'm increasingly of the opinion that anonymity is the root cause of the problem. In the real world we have reputations that follow us. Bad actors are identifie

I'm increasingly of the opinion that anonymity is the root cause of the problem. In the real world we have reputations that follow us. Bad actors are identified, their reputations proceed them. It seems to me the problem is that there is no reputation that follows you in the online world. Barrier to entry is low, consequences for bad behavior are low. When a bad actor is caught, they simply create a new account and start over again. I don't see any way to solve this problem online without non-anonymous "hard to get" accounts that are traceable to real people, and whose digital reputation follows you. Digital bad actors can be quickly identified, and ignored. I think we can support a mixed anonymous / non-anonymous internet. Dealing with anonymous users would be no different than dealing with a person in a back alley -- caveat emptor. Most of us would choose only to do business with "non anonymous" accounts. In a short amount of time commercial internet use would quickly move over to the non-anonymous side of the internet.