My critique of the cypherpunks. https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/show-your-face
The categorical error of this article is that speaking online should be the same as speaking in a public square.
And that pseudonomous speech is somehow irresponsible, unaccountable, noise. It does not explain how some of the most principled people in social media are pseudonyms. Twitter/X, formerly the "free speech platform" but hardly called that anymore, was built on pseudonymous accounts. Maybe it's no longer a truly free speech platform because of the tightening KYC restrictions. Any platform, for example Facebook, that positively identifies its users loses its ability to host free speech discussions.
And that pseudonomous speech is somehow irresponsible, unaccountable, noise. It does not explain how some of the most principled people in social media are pseudonyms. Twitter/X, formerly the "free speech platform" but hardly called that anymore, was built on pseudonymous accounts. Maybe it's no longer a truly free speech platform because of the tightening KYC restrictions. Any platform, for example Facebook, that positively identifies its users loses its ability to host free speech discussions.