What's unique about [4chan] is that it's anonymous, and it has no memory. There's no archive, there are no barriers, there's no registration. ... That's led to this discussion that's completely raw, completely unfiltered.

Areas with lots of college students/young people can be a minefield, so I tend to avoid them.

Facebook does social really well, but continues to fail at community.

The ability to fail quietly without having that failure associated with your name/identity allows for more experimentation and limit pushing.

I don't agree with everything Facebook does or Mark Zuckerberg's stance on identity, but he's a nice and extremely smart guy who believes in what he's doing.

When we think of memetic culture, it is the sausage factory of the old days.

There isn't one way of doing anything. I'm not saying everywhere online should be anonymous, nor do I think everywhere should use read-ID. I just want options! And for people to understand how valuable anonymity can be, and why it's worth protecting.