On Privacy and Requiring Real Names in Social Networking

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Why Facebook and Google's Concept of 'Real Names' Is Revolutionary
Should you have to use your real name online? It's an issue that's long simmered among social media critics and supporters alike. On one end of the spectrum, there's 4chan, where everything is anonymous. On the other, there are Facebook and Google Plus. Both have drawn fire from for

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[maladaptive]

while the real-name policies benefited most people by raising the civility of online discourse.

This person hasn't spent much time on Facebook, have they? People say some truly heinous shit under their real name.

[anjak_j]

My thoughts exactly.

And let's not even talk about the raft of obviously made up names out there on FB...

none of the above

[apostle_of_eris]

It is impossible to build a True Names filter. Enforcing a policy which cannot actually be enforced is idiotic.
Come to think of it, how many "John Doe"s are there on G+? or "Mr. Smith"s?