A debate is currently raging regarding the value of anonymity online. On one side of the debate is Facebook, the world’s largest social network site. Facebook demands that people use their real names and is one of the leading forces behind the push towards a “real name” Internet. On the other side of the debate are scholars such as danah boyd and Bernie Hogan and sites such as 4chan and Reddit that view anonymity and pseudonymity as important to how people construct identity online. While much has been written about the benefits of anonymity and pseudonymity, there is a lack of published research examining specific practices enabled by pseudonyms. This article provides a detailed account of the behaviors enabled through pseudonymous identity construction through a case study of the subreddit r/gonewild. The main contribution of the article is to provide a specific account of the costs of a totalizing embrace of the “real name” Internet.
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机译：当前，关于在线匿名性的争论正在激烈进行。辩论的一方面是全球最大的社交网站Facebook。 Facebook要求人们使用真实姓名，并且是推动“真实姓名”互联网发展的主要力量之一。辩论的另一面是danah boyd和Bernie Hogan等学者，以及4chan和Reddit这样的网站，他们认为匿名和假名对人们在线构建身份至关重要。尽管已经有很多关于匿名和笔名的好处的文章，但是缺乏公开的研究来研究由笔名支持的特定做法。本文通过对subreddit r / gonewild的案例研究，详细介绍了通过匿名身份构造实现的行为。该文章的主要贡献是提供了对“实名”互联网的全面使用成本的具体说明。
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