Upending Anonymity, These Days the Web Unmasks Everyone


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This is a NYT article by BRIAN STELTER and starts out “Not too long ago, theorists fretted that the Internet was a place where anonymity thrived…Now, it seems, it is the place where anonymity dies.”

After the usual discourse about how bad it is, the reporter appears to loose a number of facts…

  1. Discovery is because people are involved and for some reason we love a story.
  2. News is about new and headlines sell and sales means pay check
  3. It is quicker, easier and therefore relevant now as the context of who the “offender” is still present
  4. Is there a value gained that outweighs the loss of something you did not have?