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There is a downside associated with online anonymity where studies have shown that people are more likely to behave in a dishonest or morally questionable way when they can hide behind their anonymity.
August 29, 2024 at 12:25 PM
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Yogi Berra once quoted, "Never answer an anonymous letter." The word anonymous was first recorded in the mid-16th century (as a noun meaning "an anonymous person": via late Latin from Greek anōnumos "nameless" (from an- 'without' + onoma 'name') + -ous.
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