[OT] Re: Github names & avatars

[QAston via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 14 May 2016 at 05:08:29 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> I honestly think this concern is overrated, sometimes to the 
> extent it becomes a fallacy. The converse benefits of anonymity 
> are also exaggerated in my opinion.

You have nothing to fear because you didn't (and hopefully won't) 
experience internet mob justice [1]. People loose their jobs over 
internet arguments [2] and get swatted [3].


http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/internet-mob-justice-gone-far/
https://magnetricity.wordpress.com/2015/11/01/feminist-slander-campaign-backfires-perpetrator-loses-job/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting