> I hate this argument, because the argument has never been that no person would be rude under their name, it's that there would be less rudeness: I disagree.

> I hate this argument, because the argument has never been that no person would be rude under their name, it's that there would be less rudeness: I disagree. For myself personally, I have always believed that real name comment policies will do nothing to reduce rudeness or trolling. The primary reason is that the visibility of rudeness and trolls is what counts, not the raw number of trolls. Even if there are less actual people being rude as often, as long as those trolling kinds of comments surface it has the same net effect and doesn't change anything.