Well szopin ..you are 1/2 way there...
but you are still throwing cases....
I'm not disputing their validity...
nor the possibility that crap can come our way...

I think we all understand that the undesirables and undesirable elements in the darker corners of the web are now more and more coming out ..unafraid..showing themselves...or disguised in the garb of "the good guys"... (when it is obvious they are not) ..and wreaking havoc where they can...

We get it.

but throw out an idea (at least) how we should approach a more secure and safe alternative to today's witch-burning mentality ...

or set up a thread to specifically think tank solutions with fellow members.

One thing for certain is that this community is chock full of problem solvers...tinkerers and puzzle-lovers ...always itching in their overcompensating OCD ways to find solutions.
Work with that parameter and I'm sure we will have the safer community you and we all desire.

So throw in viable, realistic, implementable ideas that the community sees and understands the need for ...and will back you up on.

My ideas?
Well...
I will never accept total anonymity amoungst members.
that is just as dangerous in a different context as handing out your real name, address, phone number and email.
it will mean the inevitable dissolution of the community you wish to protect.
But I do see a middle ground.
Making the GA members real world identities only visible to the GA ...to one another...not the real world.
That safeguards identity and at the same time is not anonymity.
Those bitching about it being a "private club" can complain all they wish..or go through the due process of joining the GA so their voice can be heard amoungst their peers legitimately
The purpose is to allow free speech, the sharing of ideas, problem solving, voting, etc. in a safe secure environment...

I am alllll for this kind of solution.
It aims to address the problem you have raised of too much personal information being exposed to the world and balances it with privacy, security, and yet is not (dangerously) anonymous.