It might have been helpful to distinguish between anonymity within small groups (Secret) vs anonymity in large groups (4chan). In 4chan, particularly on /b/, t

It might have been helpful to distinguish between anonymity within small groups (Secret) vs anonymity in large groups (4chan). In 4chan, particularly on /b/, there are so many anonymous participants that it's very unlikely that one person would recognize another. Someone could write something personal about another person, and it seems unlikely that anyone would care, and certainly no-one would remember. There are few real-world consequences. (I found a fun paper on anonymity in 4chan by merely searching for "studies on anonymity" http://projects.csail.mit.edu/chanthropology/4chan.pdf http://projects.csail.mit.edu/chanthropology/4chan.pdf) But in Secret, part of the point is to exchange information about the real world. This seems to be much more likely to have ill effects, possibly like the ones gruesome referred to in the "Rumor Monger" software at Apple that he mentioned elsewhere in this thread. Has anyone found anything interesting about small group anonymity? Is that a useful distinction?