I disagree because the people who have the most important things to say have the most to lose by saying it.

Also anonymity can actually improve social media polarization (see Chris Bail’s research)

Can you link said research? I have never seen anything but division pushed by anonymity.

Also again, the corporations and governments(for certain levels of government like the members of the Five Eyes) can pierce this veil of anonymity, the people who have a lot to lose already are risking it by speaking.

Edit: this also isn’t a newly diagnosed phenomena, I remember seeing this satirical description of the behavior as a kid back when Web 2.0 and social media was starting to change the internet[1]

[1] https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/green-blackboa...