[Samuel_Michon]

“People on facebook aren't necessarily outspoken, as they have private profiles”

I don’t hide any Facebook content from visitors who aren’t friends, because I don’t trust Facebook to keep my information private anyways. I’m sure I'm not the only one.

“I'm talking about posters who discuss controversial topics publicly”

No, you were generalizing, making it seem that everyone has to hide their real name online.

“makes me wonder in what form this kind of "hateful" harassment [...] existed in the days without Internet”

All the examples you already mentioned (snail mail, phone calls), it’s nothing new. If someone wants to make your life unpleasant, there have always been ways to do so.

[jabbernotty]

> I don’t hide any Facebook content from visitors who aren’t friends, because I don’t trust Facebook to keep my information private anyways. I’m sure I'm not the only one.

You don't trust Facebook to keep your information private, and your response is to share the content you add with the world?

That confuses me.

[Samuel_Michon]

I’ll explain: by posting it for everyone to see, I won’t be tempted to share content that I would mind being leaked. It also keeps me from gossipping and speaking ill of others, and it trains me not to do so AFK either.

[cgag]

Sounds like you're not being outspoken to me if you're censoring yourself because you know it'll be public.

[Samuel_Michon]

On forums as well as on Facebook, I discuss technology preferences, religion, cultural differences, politics, sports, gender roles, dating, and more. I’m plenty outspoken, Posting in public just makes me try a bit harder not to be a dick.