I’ve long been fascinated by the social challenges of online communities, and how they mirror and differ from “real life” societies. I was recently pondering this with regards the Facebook “real names” policy, and whether it was necessary, or at least reasonable, for them to assert that level of control. Then I was reading about the #GamerGate situation, and ran into similar thoughts about the necessity, and the perils, of policing online spaces.

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