I for one don't take part in discussions where real names are required, as the requirement discourages people with (non-trolling) strongly opposing views from taking part in the discussion, so it's pretty much guaranteed to be an echo chamber (or at least biased towards reaffirming the consensus) - that is, it is worthless for me to learn from, and it carries the risk of making me think I have validated my own opinions against opposing points of view.
Completely agree. I had read this someplace, and I go by this statement.
"A good design is something which takes care of both extreme users, and not just a center large portion."
The user feature of a website should be such that, they should feel to interact either as real identity (gets them social karma) or as an anonymous user (without any concerns)
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I for one don't take part in discussions where real names are required, as the requirement discourages people with (non-trolling) strongly opposing views from taking part in the discussion, so it's pretty much guaranteed to be an echo chamber (or at least biased towards reaffirming the consensus) - that is, it is worthless for me to learn from, and it carries the risk of making me think I have validated my own opinions against opposing points of view.
Completely agree. I had read this someplace, and I go by this statement.
"A good design is something which takes care of both extreme users, and not just a center large portion."
The user feature of a website should be such that, they should feel to interact either as real identity (gets them social karma) or as an anonymous user (without any concerns)