Anonymity is Impossible to Get Rid Of

After reading some post debating on whether or not we should ban anonymity online.  And this brought up a question that have been bothering me since the start of this unit:  Can we truly end anonymity?  Obviously, we can, but how would each scenario work in real life?

First scenario, we have everyone who owns any existing account on the internet, round them up, and have them proof their true identity.  One way of doing this is to make it a law that everyone must use their real name online.  In a perfect world, everybody would obediently follow this rule and the anonymity and all its negative consequences would be completely gone.  Obviously, this does not work, as we already seen how many people just assumed a false identity and keep doing what they used to do before.

Another way of getting rid of anonymity by having everyone proof their real identity is by making them send their ID or Social Securities number  sites' administrators.  You know, when that thought first popped up into my head, it sounds like one of the most efficient ways of getting rid of anonymity.  Then I realize how dumb that idea actually was, making people sending their personal information to strangers.

Besides, before we start thinking about how to regulate anonymity, we have to think about what to do with the website that contain anonymity first.  Places like Reddit, 4Chan, Tumblr, etc. probably have combined users of over millions of people.  If we were to get rid of anonymity this site would probably have to be deleted, since it will be impossible to verify each and individual users of each site.   With the sites this big,, there is no peaceful ways of deleting it.  The people who made the decision will have to face constant criticism by people who oppose these sites getting delete.

Now that I think about it, every single scenario that involve getting rid of anonymity online seem to be outright impossible, or they will suffer significant negative backlashes.