Except it's not "security through obscurity". It's not security at all. It's a deterrent.
Extensive experiments online and F2F show that one of the best ways to radically decrease -- not eliminate, but deter -- social transgressions is to add very minor roadbumps.
There are two fundamental modes of griefing online. One is the targeted attack, where the attacker has identified a particular victim of choice and will go to great lengths to pursue them; stalkers are in this category. That's clearly what you are thinking of. However, that is the minority case. And important one, to be sure, but not the commonest sort of griefing
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Extensive experiments online and F2F show that one of the best ways to radically decrease -- not eliminate, but deter -- social transgressions is to add very minor roadbumps.
There are two fundamental modes of griefing online. One is the targeted attack, where the attacker has identified a particular victim of choice and will go to great lengths to pursue them; stalkers are in this category. That's clearly what you are thinking of. However, that is the minority case. And important one, to be sure, but not the commonest sort of griefing ( ... )
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