Face it, all "anonymity" saves you from is accountability before your peers. It lets people release the worst in themselves through trolling and online fraud, and disconnects people from a reality where you're held responsible for the stupid things you say. It dramatically lowers the reliability of Internet communication, as people can lie without real consequence. It makes Internet-based activism a joke when any online petition can be signed by a thousand sock puppets. Internet users need to face up to the 21st-century truth: What's online can't be separated from "real life." It's all real. It's just life.
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