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Pseudonymity, Autonymity, and Anonymity

This page contains links to discussions on the topics of psuedonymity, autonymity, and anonymity on the Internet generally. Links explicitly about Google Plus and its Real Names/Common Names policy are maintained separately, see here.

• CATO on pseudonymity and free speech
• Darmouth research on Wikipedia's pseudonymity/anonymity
• The United Nations on autonymity
• W3C on forms of personal names around the world
• Geek Feminism: Who is harmed by a "Real Names" policy?
• Geek Feminism: Pseudonymity
• Geek Feminism: Anti-pseudonym bingo
• The EFF on anonymity and a case for pseudonyms
• My Name Is Me: Supporting your freedom to choose the name you use
• Techdirt: "Real Names" Doesn't exactly guarantee a high level of conversation either
• MIT Media Lab research on anonymity and ephemerality in online communities
• SF Chronicle: Collateral damage in the war on anonymity
• The Atlantic: All Hail Anonymity
• ScienceBlogs: The consequences of blogging under one's own name
• Scalzi: The Sort of Crap I Don't Get
• Bonnie Nadri: A grocery store story (analogy)
• Business Week: Can Gamification Help Solve the Online Anonymity Problem?
• Newhouse: Anonymity vs. Accountability
• blog.classroomteacher.ca: Should Students Use a Pseudonym or Their Real Name When Working Online in the Classroom?
• Scienceblogs bioephemera: Pseudonymity: Five Reasons the New Scienceblogs/NG Policy is Misguided
• BBC News: Trolling: Who does it and why?
• Maine Sunday Telegram: Web forum users may not be aware of how much information can be revealed about them
• TechCrunch: For Those Who Don't Want To Believe
• NYTimes: Rushdie Runs Afoul of Web's Real-Name Police
• San Jose Mercury: 'Nymwars' debate over online identiy explodes
• NYTimes Student Opinion: Should People Be Allowed to Obscure Their Identities Online?
• Slate: Occupy the Net!
• Financial Times: Identity and the Net: From pixels to persona
• Irish Times: Actions against 'hate speech' will do little for women's rights
• NYTimes: Anonymity and Incivility on the Internet
• Disqus: Pseudonyms Drive Communities infographic
• The Coral Project: The Real Name Fallacy

This page contains links to discussions on the topics of psuedonymity, autonymity, and anonymity on the Internet generally. Links explicitly about Google Plus and its Real Names/Common Names policy are maintained separately, see here.

(Last updated Dec 2011)