Before that, I hope everyone can reach a consensus that the discussion of public topics is to exchange opinions and form an exchange of ideas, and its purpose is not to form a correct and unified result. We should judge the pros and cons by whether network anonymity is beneficial or harmful to the reference value of public topic discussion.
However, we believe that the anonymity of the network has more advantages than disadvantages for public topic discussion. There are three reasons:
First of all, the anonymity of the network can protect public privacy and expand people's participation in public topic discussion. With the development of the times, virtual network provides an open and free discussion platform for the public, but it is still restricted by law. The starting point of online discussion is to let more people participate, so it pays more attention to the diversity and democracy of the process. However, the anonymity of the internet provides an opportunity for those who cannot express their true thoughts due to practical factors to throw away the shackles of social identity. With the protection of anonymity, we can stimulate more exchanges and debates, expand people's participation in public topic discussions, and enable public topic discussions to collect more extensive information and convey the interests of all parties in society.
Secondly, the anonymity of the network can bring more protection to the public's personal safety and avoid the situation that the conflict of views rises to the reality contradiction. Let insiders dare to expose the darkness, let victims dare to speak out, let the public dare to expose the darkness of society, and boldly report the bad style of some officials without fear of retaliation. In recent years, the phenomena of network public opinion supervision, network anti-corruption, network anti-pornography and exposing social ugliness are in the ascendant. These results of discussing sensitive issues are closely related to network anonymity.
Third, the anonymity of the network distinguishes personal speech from identity, and gives each participant an equal position in the discussion. Both parties who discuss and communicate on public topics can better remove the discrimination and prejudice brought by their actual identities, indirectly ensure the objectivity of receiving information, and will not make one party's remarks ignored because of different social identities. We can think more objectively about the personal influence brought by the problem itself, promote our multi-angle thinking on the problem, and establish a value orientation for the society to look at the problem objectively.
Today, freedom of speech is our basic right. We need the anonymity of the internet to unload our burdens and fetters, temporarily take off the so-called social label, freely express our inner thoughts and look at the problem itself objectively. The freedom we emphasize is not the arbitrariness under anonymity, but the true psychological expression when we are temporarily free from the shackles.
To sum up, we firmly believe that the advantages of discussing public topics anonymously on the Internet outweigh the disadvantages.