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Anonymity, pseudonymity, and civility

2024-01-29 23:19:58.026246+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Yeah, if you've been around for any amount of time you already knew this: The Conversation: Online anonymity: study found ‘stable pseudonyms’ created a more civil environment than real user names

The article references a number of papers, and describes how they mined comments from Huffington Post's transitions from free-for-all to stable names to Facebook commenting. With predictable results.

Deliberation and Identity Rules: The Effect of Anonymity, Pseudonyms and Real-Name Requirements on the Cognitive Complexity of Online News Comments

https://doi.org/10.1177/003232171989138

Anonymity and Online Commenting: The Broken Windows Effect and the End of Drive-by Commenting

https://doi.org/10.1145/2786451.2786459

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