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Eye of The Argus
Human Beings Behind the
Mask of Anonymity
ByKangYoung-joon
EditorialConsultant
A
month ago, several internet communities were aflame with arguments after a site member of one
community declared that she had been raped by a male member of another site but that she did
not intend to press legal charges. A few days later her accusation turned out to be a lie, and other
communities have accused the community where she has an ID of many crimes: exchanging drugs, sharing
pornography and infringing copyrights. These days many people share their opinions anonymously on the
internet. Because they can do so anonymously, they can say something that they would not say of?ine and
theyuseanonymitymoreandmoreactively.Theanonymityoftheinternetalsocausessomethingundesirable.
Somepeopleabuseanonymityandhurtothers’feelingsandevenchangeothers’opinionsbasedonfalsehoods.
OnecanmakemanyIDsandmakepostsanonymouslyontheinternet.Inparticular,manypeoplewriteabout
theiractivitiestogainpopularity,andsometimesthesedescriptionsareacceptedastruewithoutconsideration.
One of the bad aspects of people is that they have a tendency to spread information without considering the
veracityofthecontent.
Ontheotherhand,thereisagoodsidetotheanonymityoftheinternet.Internetcommunitieswhichrequire
anIDsoitistechnicallyanonymous,havemessageboardsonlyforanonymity.Thisdoesnotmeanasitethat
requiresanIDisnotasopenastheanonymoussite.DoyouknowaportalsiteDaum?Suchbigcommunities
haveananonymousboardsystemtoo.Anonymousboardsaremoreactive.Whytheseboardsaremoreactive
thanothersisbecausethosewhousetheseboardscansharetheiropinionswithouthesitationandtheycannot
be banned for posting extreme opinions. So people can exchange opinions that they cannot share even with
theirfriends.Andtheycanexperiencetheobjectiveviewsofstrangers.
Anonymityisnolongeravailableonlytointernetcommunities.Youmayhaveheardofthe“BambooForest
ofHUFS”orsimilarservicesatotheruniversities.Peoplecanusesuchsystemstoexchangeopinionsonschool
issuesorforadviceregardingtheirlovelife.Byusinganapplicationnamed“Around,”youcanhearanonymous
peopleliterallyaroundyousympathizewithyouandthenadviseyou.
The real-name system for the internet was made to keep people from hurting others. A song of EXO, a
popularidolgroup,says,“Hiddenbyamaskofanonymity,cantheintenttomurdersomeoneintheanonymous
worldsatisfyyou?”whichposesaseriousquestiontousall.However,youcanfeelhumanbybeinganonymous,
whichmaynotbesomethingyoufeelevenwithyourrealfriends.Nevertheless,itisdesirablethatwedonot
abusetheinternet’sanonymity;onecanmakemanyIDsandpostinformationthatcanchangepeople’sminds
forthewrongreasons.
youngjoon92@hufs.ac.kr
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