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Counterpoint: forced real names did not improve quality of comments. http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/29/surprisingly-good-evidence-that-real-name-policies-fail-t

• mpyne 14y ago
  Good point, but I'm not sure that forced real name is really the same as "not anonymous" (despite Randi Zuckerberg's comments on the article). I.e. there's more you get from online anonymity than simply not having your name known. I could know someone is named John Smith for example, and that still wouldn't help me pierce his anonymity unless there were other distinguishing features (picture, phone number, etc.).