Friday, April 8, 2011

Zhuo's article brought up many arguments showing the problems with abusing one's "anonymous" status on the internet.  He showed how the phenomenon of the "internet troll" has become a problem in certain online communities and claims that were the internet less anonymous, these problems would not exist.  Zhuo is also a product design manager for Facebook.  His connection with Facebook proves that there may be a slight bias to the article.

In my opinion, removing the anonymous factor from the internet would cause exponentially more issues than in it's current anonymous state.  Right now, people who are unable to always voice their opinion in real life can voice it online.  They can also connect with others who share similar thoughts and values. Forcing identity online would decrease the it's use and usability.  We must continue to search for other methods of dealing with the "anonymous" problems, rather than getting rid of it all-together,

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