Salman Rushdie and the Nym Wars

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Rushdie Runs Afoul of Web’s Real-Name Police. (The New York Times, 11/15/2011)

Excerpt: The argument over pseudonyms — known online as the “nym wars” — goes to the heart of how the Internet might be organized in the future. Major Internet companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter have a valuable stake in this debate — and, in some cases, vastly different corporate philosophies on the issue that signal their own ambitions.

Insists on authentic identity, or real names.

Authentic identity.

Laissez-faire approach.





For further reading.
Understanding the Nym Wars. (Boing Boing, 8/20/2011)
The nym wars:  how many identifies are enough.  (Practical Ethics, 8/22/2011)