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  • aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Unpopular opinion: internet discourse would be slightly more civil if people’s real names were attached to their Internet Hot Takes.

    But yeah, have fun enforcing that, Nikki.

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Yeah Facebook radicalized a lot of people all with their names attached. People fucking showed their face while attempting a coup. We’ve got some real fucking idiots in America

    • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
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      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.