>A second downside is that anonymity reduces the selfish incentives to produce good content (we socially reward high-quality, civil discussion, and punish rudeness.)
It also decreases some selfish incentives to avoid producing good content (say, because you think there’s a chance you might be wrong and face humiliation).
I don’t think these selfish incentives at all compare to the selfish incentives to produce good content. Looking at the sites that do enforce anonymity (the chans for example), I am very sceptical of its success.
>A second downside is that anonymity reduces the selfish incentives to produce good content (we socially reward high-quality, civil discussion, and punish rudeness.)
It also decreases some selfish incentives to avoid producing good content (say, because you think there’s a chance you might be wrong and face humiliation).
I don’t think these selfish incentives at all compare to the selfish incentives to produce good content. Looking at the sites that do enforce anonymity (the chans for example), I am very sceptical of its success.