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
- 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 π" @candicepoon February 6, 2021
- https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/