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If your website's full of anonymity, that might be okay - Anil Dash

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Hmm, lots of interesting responses to If your website’s full of assholes, it’s your fault, and even more interesting conversation about the topic of commenting culture in general. A few highlights from the last few days: My wonderful friend Caterina Fake on Anonymity and Pseudonyms in Social Software: The point I think is this: Pseudonyms are not in themselves harmful. Yes, they can be used for harm, as when people use them for anonymous, slanderous attacks, trolling, etc., but in the vast majority of cases there is no harm done. Importantly, they can serve to protect vulnerable groups. There’s even a comprehensive list of people harmed by Real Names policies. In the cases where pseudonyms are being abused, it is the harm that should be stopped, not the pseudonyms. Caterina wonderfully makes a point that I didn’t emphasize enough in my original post on this topic: I fully support, and believe in, the importance of pseudonymity and anonymity on the web, for many social, political and cu

If your website's full of anonymity, that might be okay 26 Jul 2011 2011-07-26 2011-07-26 blogs, web blogs web 2011 Hmm, lots of interesting responses to If your website’s full of assholes, it’s your fault , and even more interesting conversation about the topic of commenting... 1 Hmm, lots of interesting responses to If your website’s full of assholes, it’s your fault , and even more interesting conversation about the topic of commenting culture in general. A few highlights from the last few days: My wonderful friend Caterina Fake on Anonymity and Pseudonyms in Social Software : The point I t

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