2026-10-23 01:21 UTC
@Video_Game_King@mastodon.social @mcc@mastodon.social South Korea's experiment with "real-name" regulation proves it wrong (and was concluded a failure).
It did not meaningfully decrease toxicity or hostility (made it considerably worse in other ways). China's Intranet demonstrates the same.
At best it only exacerbates what is already there (instead of creating entirely new issues). Harassment got more personal with less anonymity, too.
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@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-10-23 03:29
@lispi314@udongein.xyz All the more reason to resist any attempt at ending online anonymity. And yeah, having an online persona separate from your real-life identity means online harassment can't follow you beyond your online persona and into the rest of your life. If all else fails, you can abandon your online persona and make a new one, but if they know your name and where you live, well, that's a lot harder to recover from. @mcc@mastodon.social @Video_Game_King@mastodon.social