Oddbean

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 The internet’s a big place out there. I don’t need someone sending a swat team to my house because they don’t agree with something I said. Using a real name puts a disproportionate amount of power in an attacker’s hands.

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 At the individual level that’s true, but hiding behind anon handles puts the power in their hands at scale. It means we’ve agreed we can’t speak our minds openly.

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 I speak my mind openly in meatspace, too. There’s a big difference between engaging in meatspace and engaging online and the risks inherent in each.

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 Right, my point is if you take the risk of doing so online, it’s a personal one. If you avoid the risk, it’s a societal one. 

In the unlikely event the state wants to get you, it will. But if no one speaks out under their name, we will have a state so empowered, it will usher in a dystopia for everyone. 

That’s why one *should* take the risk now while it’s still relatively small in many places. That’s the gist of the post.

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 The state has enough resources it could deanonymize me through countless means. I am not so naive as to think that’s what I’m doing.

This is more to protect myself from some bored internet rando who decides to harass me or my loved ones, or a retroactively-applied rule about what is socially acceptable to say.

I appreciate your candor and civility. Hopefully I’m not adding to a dogpile for you.