Why are you anonymous online?

Anonymous accounts can be essential for creatives on the internet and also a tool for others to detach themselves from their work. This week, The Verge’s Ashley Carman and Vox’s Kaitlyn Tiffany talk to users who feel the need to keep their personal life out of their Instagram accounts; a reporter who was the victim of an anonymous Twitter parody account; and a media researcher who studies the reasons people want to be anonymous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Why are you anonymous online? is an episode from Why'd You Push That Button? by Vox Media Podcast Network.

This episode is 38:49 long.

This episode was published on May 29, 2019.

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