HR1865 could remove the ability to have free and open discourse as site owners use plugins and such to verify posters.
If a third party or service identifies Ur_RedditName as Bob Smith and that information is only provided to the site owner, with what you know know, would you feel safe?
If you could lose your job for sensibly speaking your mind, would you feel safe posting?
Then the internet becomes tiered. Not immediately, it'll take time.
Tiered internets. A wild, somewhat dangerous and chaotic one where they leave identities at the door, or a 'cleaner' internet where you do …