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		kazinator on Feb 11, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Handful of “highly toxic” Wikipedia editors cause ... It's a badly stated result. What they have debunked is the myth that requiring identities prevents abuse. I'm not aware of such a myth though. Plenty of abuse happens even from real name accounts. Cough ... LKML. This is another "study that confirms what everyone sort of knows already".

slavik81 on Feb 11, 2017 [–]

It has died down a bit in recent years, but the idea that anonymity causes abuse is widely circulated in gaming circles because of this popular Penny Arcade comic: https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19

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