Anonymity: an essential part of the Internet experience

The internet is used for many different things, and I believe one of them is the ability to post or comment while remaining anonymous if you choose to. It encourages those to do things that they may be embarrassed or afraid to say. While that may be used in negative ways and abused on the Internet, I don't feel that it is enough to warrant everyone not being allowed to have it. Anonymity can also be used in creative ways that are only possible if a user's real identity were locked behind a screen. I almost think of anonymity as seeing someone out in real life. When you see someone for the first time, you don't automatically know their name, phone number, address, or any physical features if they choose to cover themselves up. It may be easier to conceal one's identity online, but the principle is still relatively the same. Not everyone on the Internet is going to use the Internet to troll others, and neither will everyone stop going using the Internet because trolling exists. Anonymity serves all of us who want to use the Internet for one of its main purposes: to find information or give our thoughts without everyone needing to know.