The Real Name Fallacy
While I agree that expecting users to use real names is a bad thing, this knocked the air out of me:<p>&gt; In societies including the US where violence and mistreatment of women, people of color, and marginalized people is common, we can expect similar problems in people’s digital interactions [1]
&gt; [1] Sarah Banet-Weiser and Kate M. Miltner. #MasculinitySoFragile: culture, structure, and networked misogyny. Feminist Media Studies, 16(1):171-174, January 2016.<p>I reject the assertion that these issues are &quot;common&quot; in the US, even if &quot;violence and mistreatment&quot; is broadly defined as people acting rudely on the internet.  A post by ESR was even flagged off HN because its message was that he expected evidence to back claims of harassment, which is a microcosm of the trend of &quot;feelings &gt; reality&quot;.  This is absolutely ludicrous and I&#x27;m surprised Mozilla is funding this junk.<p>Further, it&#x27;s getting rather tiring that the US is always listed as an example when countries&#x2F;societies exist without legal protection for all races&#x2F;genders and where slavery and forced labor is still legal.