Matt Wilcox on Nostr: ...
https://theconversation.com/online-anonymity-study-found-stable-pseudonyms-created-a-more-civil-environment-than-real-user-names-171374
As always; anonymity online isn't just "arseholes being enabled". Nothing is ever one thing. And when people get purse-clutchy about things, they often completely miss the massive benefits the very same anonymity enables for a much larger group of people.
I *really wish* people in general, but especially the morality crusaders, learned to distinguish between *the problem being the people abusing something* and *the thing being abused is the problem*.
It's not the same.
As always; anonymity online isn't just "arseholes being enabled". Nothing is ever one thing. And when people get purse-clutchy about things, they often completely miss the massive benefits the very same anonymity enables for a much larger group of people.
I *really wish* people in general, but especially the morality crusaders, learned to distinguish between *the problem being the people abusing something* and *the thing being abused is the problem*.
It's not the same.