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Nikki Haley vows to abolish anonymous social media accounts: 'It's a national security threat' (wpde.com)

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Nikki Haley vows to abolish anonymous social media accounts: 'It's a national security threat'::WPDE covers news, sports, weather, and local events in and around the Grand Strand, Pee Dee, and the Border Belt.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

internet discourse would be slightly more civil if people’s real names were attached

It was that way in the very beginning of the internet (before www and during the first years of www).

Everthing was relatively civil, and most people went by real names or by mostly well-known nicknames/pseudonyms.

Then money moved in and took control. Anonymity (as opposed to pseudonymity) became neccessary sometimes.

Then huge waves of stupid people moved in and believed that they were in control. Anonymity and pseudonymity was everywhere (and hardly anyone knew the difference).

The bad news: Neither money nor stupid people have any plans to move out.