if u are anon online, u dont need to worry abt women, HR ppl at work, or yr mother looking at yr neurotic & perverse posts. once you facedox you lose the comfort of anonymity and somehow become something less than you were... to become a "real person". that is symbolic castration
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also in the mix is a certain pushback against web 2.0’s interlocking of everyone’s web experience with their social life, nostalgia for baked-in anonyminity of 90s web chat culture. i just use my name backwards which is admittedly weak crypto. always already doxxed is the move.
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‘xenofeminism reserves the right of everyone to speak as no one in particular.’
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for most I think it's just a continuation of things like bbs usernames and avatars, and then newcomers who find themselves in niche parts of Twitter conform. its less about impunity usually and more about crazy psychos that might stalk you irl. different obv for wrongthink & idw
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But if one is actually a psycho, he can very easily stalk you even if you have not revealed any personal information. All it takes is to friend your friends and do a bit go manipulation. I agree that it's the extension of IRC, etc.
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If you include being trans/gay in "saying what you want", then yes. But there's a whole specific culture and reasonings (and fears) in that community, and there's a lot of trans people in post-ccru/acc.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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