Pierre Delecto, QAnon and the Paradox of Anonymity
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/opinion/pierre-delecto-qanon-anonymous-anonymity.html
In 2019, it’s somehow both easier and harder than ever to be anonymous. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about Pierre Delecto. Pierre isn’t a real person — he’s the fake persona made up by Senator Mitt Romney for his secret Twitter account, which was recently uncovered after some expert forensic work by Slate’s Ashley Feinberg. Anonymity online is nothing new — arguably it’s a newer concept to browse the internet and comment under your real name, rather than use a screen name or pseudonymous (...)
