[gradientsrneat]

Way too many social media CEOs claim that if they just force their users to dox themselves, that it will somehow prevent all the toxic engagement. You need look no further than Facebook to see where it goes. Not only does the toxicity not go away, but Facebook makes tons of money off political ads and "boosted" posts; they even have had an office of sorts in China, where Facebook is banned, for the purpose of making it easier for Chinese to sell ads/engagement on Facebook. And it's not just China doing this.

I'd reckon Twitter's long-term goal isn't to make the trolls go away, but to pay for the privilege of visibility.

[baiac]

I disagree. Knowing where an account is from helps gauge its authenticity.

[thrwaway55]

All it does is open second order businesses faking the authenticity

[paulddraper]

> You need look no further than Facebook to see where it goes.

FB has required real identities for a long, long time.

I don’t think that case study provides a good before/after analysis.

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People are “toxic” in general. They kill each other.

But removing anonymity reduces it.

[worthless-trash]

Then you can just find the enemy easier to kill.

[bcrl]

It is telling that none of the online ad platforms engage with the advertising standard council type organizations that defined the standards that old school media use to self regulate. Most people don't realize that this was once a solved problem.