[AuthAuth]

Why should you be able to traverse the internet anonymously? You cannot traverse real life society with the same expectations. Majority of the people traversing anonymously are doing so because they are routine troublemakers and do not want to bare consequences for their malicious actions. The ones fighting for this complete anonymity but not doing crime are naively just sweeping for bad actors.

[Mezzie]

One of the things that I liked about the old, text-based internet was the anonymity it provided. I particularly liked being able to engage in discussions about things that interested me without being sexualized, since nobody needed to know I was a teenage girl. No creepy messages, no looks up and down, no having to figure out ways to turn someone twice my age down without worrying if they'd react dangerously, no having to leave because someone more integral to the group was a creep and nobody would accept it if I spoke up, no worrying about my small statue making me a target for physical intimidation, etc.

(Now I am old, so it's different.)

It was very freeing to be able to talk about my interests (e.g. space, web development, and video game modding) without being subjected to the bullshit that people brought to the table if they saw me.

[watwut]

> You cannot traverse real life society with the same expectations.

I actually can. For real. I can not get job or housing anonymously, but overwhelming majority of my real life interactions are anonymous.

[AuthAuth]

Same goes for the internet though. Privacy controls would be at a government level. All that we need is a way to actually hold someone accountable for their actions on the internet. Websites dont need to see who the actual person is.