[spinitch]

People are acutely aware of the relative anonymity and long-reach that being on the Internet gives them. This felt power enables them to act like total jerks to strangers online in ways they would not do in person. IRL, for such behavior they would garner opprobrium---or a punch in the teeth. There is some sense in adding some friction to online interactions. The details of the mechanism are important, but it's not a terrible or absurd proposition on its face.

[stjohnswarts]

Rescinding privacy (and by extension democracy) just because you don't like it when some anonymous person tells you to "go fuck yourself" is not really a good policy to pursue in a supposedly healthy democracy.

[raxxorrax]

Not absurd perhaps, but I think being forced to talk with no threat of being punching people is quite refreshing. Yes, some will exploit that, ironically often those that have a problem with anonymity. But they really need to learn to vent in other ways than hitting people, would be a healthy development.

[foxfluff]

Who's spinitch?

[ffwacom]

Probably an ASIO intern.