[05:06:09] dsaez: I think the situation on Turkish Wikipedia practically reached that point during the block, though obviously the dynamics there are different [15:45:49] hill and shaw recently released a good write-up on the cost of requiring account creation based on a bunch of wikis on Wikia that did this: https://mako.cc/academic/hill_shaw-hidden_costs_of_requiring_accounts-PREPRINT.pdf [15:46:31] abstract: Online communities like Wikipedia produce valuable public information goods. While some of these communities require would-be contributors to create accounts, many do not. Does this requirement catalyze cooperation or inhibit participation? Prior research provides divergent predictions but little causal evidence. We conduct an empirical test using longitudinal data from 136 natural experiments where would-be [15:46:31] contributors to wikis were suddenly required to log in to con-tribute. Requiring accounts leads to a small increase in account creation, but reduces both high and low quality contributions from registered and unregistered participants. Although the change deters a large portion of low quality participation, the vast majority of deterred contributions are higher quality. We conclude that requiring accounts introduces an [15:46:31] under-theorized tradeoff for public goods production in interactive communication systems. [16:53:39] thanks for the signal boost, isaacj! [16:58:41] :) always happy to boost good work! [18:40:57] isaacj dsaez K added some random ideas about the privacy stuff on the etherpad... thanks again! [18:45:43] thanks AndyRussG ! i'll go through and add responses where i can [18:49:32] isaacj ahhh thx, really it's just random stuff that came to mind, hope it's marginally useful... also don't hesitate to lmk if I can help with anything :) [18:52:52] :thumbs up: [21:06:49] Emufarmers, thanks for the info.