by Wed7pm

..."on the Internet, unless you mark yourself somehow, people presume you are in the unmarked state, their dominant culture's default for personhood. [...]

An important part of having an Internet persona not directly linked to real-world identity is that it gives many people who otherwise wouldn't have it what is for them the luxury of social interaction with the presumption of privilege that goes with the unmarked state. They get interactions with the world that they otherwise have, if at all, with only their closest friends."