[stephen_g]

I think you might be surprised by how little shame humans can have... I've been amazed at the abuse people will post even with a real name and real photo avatar of themselves, yet some of the best online communities I've been on have been pseudonymous and just well moderated...

[ghaff]

I used to think that True Names were something of a solution. These days I'm much less sure. A lot of people don't seem to care.

[immibis]

They are also dangerous, because the same shared reputation that allows a "good person" to hunt down a misbehaving "bad person" also allows the reverse, if the "bad people" are effectively outnumbered.

("All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing" - the effective number of "good people" is often zero)

[o11c]

Oh trust me, I'm aware how horrible people can be. But it still makes some difference, and more than a pessimist might think.

... and even more, if it were universally applied, the lack of opportunities for toxic ideas to fester in anonymous fora would reduce the incidence of them crossing over towards reality.