Quote Originally Posted by TysonLPrice View Post
To me what is the key issue here is the feeling of invincibility anonymity seems to empower people with. “invincibility” probably isn’t the right word. People will post things behind the cover of secrecy they would normally not say to someone’s face. Pull them out of the mob and they revert to who they really are.
I think it may be the other way 'round. In a social setting with peer pressure and consequences, most people moderate their behavior. Anonymity, like alcohol and the mob, removes inhibitions. I would say that the less chance of consequences, the most likely to see uninhibited behavior. I suppose it could be debated whether that is the "real" person, but at least it's the less filtered person.