Online anonymity is very important to people on the internet in our day and age. As it has grown and become more popular, people have seen how it has benefited many people. However, we have also seen the negative effects of anonymity with trolling and offensive online commenting. So lately, some people think that online anonymity should not be a thing anymore. Trolling is free speech, but it is so hurtful, and it is crazy to think that people would want to hurt someone emotionally so much. People have been depressed due to trolls, and some people have even committed suicide. If something is this cruel and painful for many, why does it still exist? There is clearly enough evidence to show that people are having issues with ridicule on anonymous websites. So with all the issues and evidence, why keep the websites around?
We keep the websites because of freedom of speech and because people can say and do what they want on the internet. Without these anonymous websites, some human beings will feel that they may be losing a sense of voice. This sense of voice may only come to some people due to anonymous websites and knowing that their voice and can be heard without people seeing their face or knowing their real name. That is why when everyone asks why online anonymity is still a thing, there is always the answer that people will always benefit from being online and anonymous. Also, there will always be negative effects of using the internet to have a voice, but the fact of the matter is that everyone just has to work around that and it focus on the positives. Eventually trolling will most likely go away and will stop being an issue. For now though, the world must continue to forget about trolls and not worry about them.
Hopefully someday trolling will end for good so that anonymous online posting can become great like it was originally intended to be.
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