Very interesting report and exactly what we expected to see. When we first started developping GovHub we always thought of pseudonyms as a happy middle-ground between the permanent accountability and potential blowback of posting controversial opinions under your real-name and the hateful ignorance generated by too much anonymity. By creating a pseudonym you create a digital representation of what you consider to be your true self. Considering this, it’s no surprise that pseudonym-ed posters are shown to produce both the highest quantity (not afraid to speak for fear their neighbor/bffl could see an opinion they disapprove of), and quality (again, a need to curate their online identity) of posts in online communities.