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by RevRal 3914 days ago
>This is why anonymity is important.

It's been a while since I've messed about on here: http://turing.gatech.edu/ (I don't even remember if it's the same thing I was involved in)

People are pretty good at guessing whether someone is telling the truth about their identity on the internet. Anonymity adds unnecessary obfuscation, makes for a game of trying to guess the other person's perspective. Non-anonymity should be a choice, and I believe that it adds value to a person's perspective.

We need to be comfortable with the differences between persons, we do not need some cosmic blur sweeping across our identities.

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>We need to be comfortable with the differences between persons, we do not need some cosmic blur sweeping across our identities.

I agree. Anonymity is a tool, not a solution. I think it can help change opinions but it needs to be used properly. It's not an easy problem to solve.