Why are you anonymous online?

Why'd You Push That Button?

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Arts, Technology, Design

4.4 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Anonymous accounts can be essential for creatives on the internet and also a tool for others to detach themselves from their work. This week, The Verge’s Ashley Carman and Vox’s Kaitlyn Tiffany talk to users who feel the need to keep their personal life out of their Instagram accounts; a reporter who was the victim of an anonymous Twitter parody account; and a media researcher who studies the reasons people want to be anonymous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.5	arguments about why certain groups might want anonymous accounts that are societally legitimate.
1:09.5	I think it's great because they're a little bit
1:11.0	more authentic to who the people are. Being anonymous online is what gets us into a ton of problems.
1:16.8	The ease at which people can anonymize themselves on social media, I think has larger resonance to more
1:21.9	serious issues. There are a few people that appear to be artists creating things. They just don't
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