(Disclaimer, I work at Canvas) Just so you know, we removed the Facebook integration for signup. We primarily had that to put off having to deal with that abuse vector early on (trolling with duplicate accounts) and to add some sense of accountability. It's gone swimmingly since we removed it though and we probably could have even earlier on.

Good of you to say, and it's good to hear things are going swimmingly since you removed it.

The whole idea of accountability is in my opinion flawed when it comes to casual contributions from internet participants. The word "accountability" is heavy-handed, and has a presumptuous tone of expectation of wrong-doing, an ever-looming threat of penalty if one steps out of line.

"Say the wrong thing, and YOU YES YOU will be held ACCOUNTABLE."

Real name enforcement is an ALL CAPS effort to force "accountable" behavior at the expense of privacy or just comfortable contributions from users. When our words end up set in stone online, and when many of us are not professional writers, signing one's real identity to a casual opinion may be a hazardous activity.

This is the internet. We don't need to be so uptight. On the whole, communities behave respectfully when the community is respected and valued, regardless of public display of real names.

I actually went back when you guys removed facebook authentication and made an account. It is a nice little time waster although at the moment 90% of the content looks like reddit's "AdviceAnimals" subreddit.