Studies show individuals are more likely to be more "realistic and honest" in anonymous environments online, but attempts to retain a more socially desirable identity in nonymous online environments that may not be accurate to their offline real version.
Ten things that should never be posted on social networks. In doing so this limits and conflicts with attempting to represent an honest and full depiction of your identity but increases safety from identity theft.
Article describes the deep web as not a complete online wild west as often represented. There is a sense of community and idiosyncratic law amongst users.
The deep web is more than the often known underground home of illegal drugs, contract killers and weapon trades. The anonymous world of the deep web is also home to varying subcultures, from book clubs to fan fiction.