Step back from kneejerk scoffing, ask: cui bono? Who benefits? It sure as hell isn't speech. It sure as hell is those who would own you.
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No one is forced to go on twitter. If you can't stand the heat...
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A mindset common among children and other unformed people: I MUST be in any large group, or I'll die!
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These people tend to be very happy to exile other people, of course.
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No one has an actual real name policy, either; it's almost invariably 'that looks plausibly real and/or western' in practice.
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There are tons of ways for malicious actors to game any real-names policy. In practice mostly it just hurts lots of innocent people.
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hell we already saw that Facebook's real name policy was a huge mistake :/ Google even went back on it.
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Some people probably only feel free to *be* on here because they use a different name. I've been stalked. God knows, I know.
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@Slate I do use my real name online, but I'm strenuously against real names policies.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@popelizbet@Slate I think people like this don't have any weird nooks and cranniesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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