Comment by Cthulhu_

7 hours ago

Interesting point, as at one point large internet companies like Facebook and Google/Youtube made real names mandatory - Facebook going as far as asking your "friends" to rat on you.

In theory it was a great way to prevent abuse - are people still horrible on the internet if they use their real name? Turns out they are, because it only took a few years of internet for people to no longer have any shame.

> are people still horrible on the internet if they use their real name

Yep. Google forced real names on youtube. People kept acting the same way.