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...just tell me not to be an ass!
This new trend in social networks, and even communities, out there on the web, requiring you to use your real name: it's really bothering me.
There are a bunch of undertones to it: it's proper, professional, probably prevents fraud or something, but whenever anybody talks about it, it's always about how anonymity encourages bad behavior.
It doesn't.
Being tied to your real name suppresses bad behavior. The bad behavior was already there. If I'm a brat on the Internet, it's not because I'm anonymous - it's because it's fun. But here's what's more fun: