On: Why Facebook and Google's Concept of "Real Names" ...

[Hyena]

And that response could come at 4am. I wouldn't characterize it as "better", though. The fact is that social networks, especially Facebook, are more broadly public with private speech and connections. If you were actually listening to a revolutionary message, you'd be listening to it in deepest secrecy or in the anonymity of a large crowd.

I didn't see any name badges in Tahrir Square.

[tzumby → Hyena]

You didn't but they did use Tweeter and Facebook to let everybody know they're meeting there.

[Hyena → tzumby]

True enough, but you don't need your real name on Twitter, at least.