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Attacks On Anonymity Conflate Anonymous Speech With Trollish Behavior | Techdirt

It turns out that people say nasty things under their real names, and people also say valuable things anonymously.

Shocking!

It is amazing how often I see respected academics and other thinkers get incredibly sloppy in their reasoning when it comes to anonymity. They frequently assume correlations for which they have no evidence, and propose solutions with no consideration of the consequences.

I appreciate the rational perspective in articles like this.

Lance Cottrell is the Founder and Chief Scientist of Anonymizer. Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.