The internet is increasingly a low-trust society
This looks more like people new to the internet discovering what everyone else already knew: You can&#x27;t trust strangers on the internet. You never could.<p>If anything the internet nowadays is a more regulated, safer place than it used to be. The &quot;wild west&quot; internet of old now only endures in certain corners. It&#x27;s no longer synonymous with the thing itself.<p>Posting with your full name instead of anonymously or pseudonymously is now the norm for many people. This changed how people interact online, but it also changed their expectations.<p>A full name however doesn&#x27;t make a person or their opinions any more real than a pseudonym will. People will lie to you with a fake name just as shamelessly as they would hiding behind a pseudonym.