[Ceiling]

The purest forms of evil that we know about predate the internet. Not to mention, removing anonymity also removes a real resource for individuals.

I was depressed a lot as a young person and considered suicide. I’d never share these feelings offline. Online, I was able to connect with individuals that I can speak truthfully to.

Also, anonymity makes me take every post at value. For example, if you’re biased against a religion, political affiliation, race, etc, you might find that you ignore posts made by those you’re biased again. Anonymous posters don’t have this worry - I don’t know who you are. Thus, the only thing I can judge is your words. Not past words, but words here and now.

There’s positives and negatives but in this case the negatives far outweighs the positives.

[kleer001]

> The purest forms of evil that we know about predate the internet.

Correct, but they didn't say that it was only available through that means.

This is a difficult and complex topic. I've been thinking about it for years.

Going from Plato's The Republic and the dialog about the Ring of Gyges, I don't think pure untrammelled anonymity is worth the possibility of the evil that can be done. Look at Twitter, psyops and the power of a hand full of people with programming chops, a chip on their shoulder and time on their hands. Empires will fall and millions will die because of the apparent mob of opinion that's really only a thin shell.