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Saved by 5 people (0 private), first by anonymouse user on 2009-06-29


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The pseudo-anonymity of the internet - or at the very least, the ability to write something cruel without having to face the person eye-to-eye - often leads people to express themselves in ways that are far from how they would behave in real life. In the past, this typically led people to hide behind pseudonyms and screen names so they could post whatever they wanted without fear of repercussions.

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That's why I recently proposed that some communities put an end to online anonymity,

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Everything a blogger writes, we're held accountable for. Why shouldn't other community contributors be treated the same?

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. It's not really anonymity that's to blame for the troll-like behavior we're seeing in online communities, it's the lack of accountability.

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That's why (some) people seem comfortable posting mean-spirited comments on sites like FriendFeed using their real name and their real identities to do so.

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So although the comment is attached to a real name, it's a single needle in a haystack of opinion.

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FriendFeed itself (or Digg or YouTube for that matter) are to blame for this shameful aspect of human behavior.

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Perhaps what we need is a rating system for the personalities of community participants

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