nymwars

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nymwars is the name for the assumption, made by Facebook and Google+ that enforcing "real names" improves a social website; this was opposed by many people who have very good reasons for pseudonymity or anonymity.

Articles

• http://epeus.blogspot.com/2011/08/google-plus-must-stop-this-identity.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymwars
• http://epeus.blogspot.com/2012/01/google-plus-admits-they-want-fake-names.html
• https://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/08/nym-wars/

See Also

• name
• naming
• anonymity
  • commentpara.de
• pseudonymity
• privacy
• nymwars
• indie naming
• HELLO my URL is
• SlateStarCodex at great length about having his pseudonym exposed https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/still-alive
• https://twitter.com/candicepoon/status/1357850211477979136?s=20
  • ".@joinClubhouse is so inclusive, I can't join cause of my last name 🙃" @candicepoon February 6, 2021
• https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/