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...

Knowing if a person’s published claims result in them approaching their goals at my expense seems like a hard problem. Publishing ideas under a reusable identity can have a distorting influence because with the opportunity for loss it also an opportunity for gain.