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Would this site be better without names?

I've noticed that many of the recent debates on this site have been about certain individuals on this site.  As a result, there are less debates of real substance, which has caused me to avoid engaging in very much debate here recently.

If the arguments were all entirely anonymous, this problem might be resolved, and people would focus more on real debates than on personal attacks.  It shouldn't matter who we debate, only what they are arguing.

This could have problems too, as trolls would be harder to ignore, and some beneficial features may be lost.

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I think it is interesting that both on this site, and in the real world, people often focus more on who is making an argument than whether the argument is of any substance. If nobody knew who was making the argument, this would be avoided.

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Yes I completely agree with you. But if it's anonymous, this site could encourage bullying, racism, sexism etc. because people could post what they want to without worrying about being named. You wouldn't be able to warn other people who is being offensive. Even though I've just given said reasons, people wouldn't be able to make debates about individuals saying that they don't like them cough cough and focus on making valid arguments against the person they don't like instead. Also, it would be great to not worry about being judged on this site, and able to give your free opinion. :)

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I agree with your points, but if it were complete anonymity, then you wouldn't be able to ally with people and so on. Good idea though. :-)

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The only problem would be, without some sort of identifier you wouldn't know who you are debating with. You may think you're specifically talking to one person but if another decides to troll as the "identity" of the other then you will never really know if you're starting a whole new conversation with someone.

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I come here to make my ego bigger.

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