What about people who hide behind anonymity when they write comments in the internet?
In my opinion this is the dark side when you are empowered by the fact that you don’t have to be liable for your opinions.
I’m saying this because I met Jeff Jarvis from buzzmachine.com and Michael Arrington from TechCrunch.com and they told me that they are insulted every single day – and in the case of Arrington someone even spat on his face.
If we stood by our opinions, I think we should put our name next to it. However, if you go to any newspaper site and click on comments, you see that most people use nicknames in order to insult what people do.
So, I would like to hear your opinion on anonymity in the internet.
Sometimes the anonymity of people can describe their artistic personality.
I am anonymously, but only because in some cases, this anonymity is not with my real me, but relevant to me. And when you want to lay out some ideas, in the hope that someone will read the thread and understand them. Here is my name and my address.
Here you have created a topic can answer the question: “Are you here write or add a topic, comment for you?” I apologize for this question.
I am sure that being anonimous you can tell really what you think without being afraid of judgement, of making mistake, of hurting other people’s feelings…
As soon as you put your name, you put yourself in the social cage, limits, you behave like you are expected to behave, you cannot tell anything extraordinary, unnormal, unappropriate…
In internet it is better to keep yourself incognito…you are more sincere and open.
But it has a weak point, people can insult the others because they know they will escape any punishment…well, this is not good, but if insulting in virtual world makes them feel better, then they should better keep their anger in internet and go out in the real world relieved of what was bothering them…
So, being anonimous is not so bad…It’s a chance to be free…
in my case, i had stalkers, yes, plural – two of them, from internet. They went outside places i said i would go (they stalked me from a website about concerts and who would join and such) and followed me home.
The pros of people having anonymity is that you can hear ‘real’ opinions as well. For example, no one would tell you if your work is bad face to face.
Creio que o anonimato na Internet pode ser comparado a uma covardia, a pessoa está se escondendo do mundo, ou de sí própria pois ela nem se aguenta. Quem está tranquilo e forte, tem o controle de sua mente e caminha alto em sua espiritualidade, poderá também colocar a sua face a tapas como Cristo colocou. Já fui anonimo na Internet e um dia eu acabei com um anonimato, pois eu tinha umas mensagens que metia o pau no governo pesadamente, falava contra o sistema pesadamente, eu as apaguei, depois de muito tempo elas reapareceram do nada no Google Readers, e sabe que eu gostei e vi que o que eu falava ali naquele momento muitas coisas estavam corretíssimas, só eram pensamentos de justiça e de ajuda para a humanidade, só eram coisas que poderiam ser úteis as pessoas se ocoreesem no mundo, e desde ai eu resolvi colocar a minha cara na Internet, o meu nome real, o meu e-mail e pronto estou para o combate, e sem desgaste, me preparo muito bem mental e fisicamente, e mente zen.
Pues son dos cosas distintas. El anonímato es una cosa, los insultos otra. El anonimato se mal usa para insultar. Y el hecho de que la gente insulte en internet en la seccion de comentarios de periodicos quedan de más. Como alguien dijo una vez: Los insultos son como regalos, si los aceptas son tuyos.
O no?
Saludos..
well, to this point, I c another reason behind hiding the real names…for me, I just hide it or change it in order to live another life and to b onether person..not afraid from being known or any of that u said..but simply to b a new born man in a new born existence.
A meu ver a Internet facilita a critica destrutiva das pessoas que tem uma opinião sobre um determinado assunto ou sobre uma pessoa.
Elas usa da facilidade de se manterem anónimas para criticar , ofender os outros sem ter que se preocupar com uma resposta por parte dos ofendidos
Pessoas medrosas e que demonstra total insegurança sobre seus atos e suas opiniões e sempre vivem no anonimato incapazes de chamar para si a responsabilidade pelos seus atos.
E vou alem com a facilidade que a Internet proporciona a essas pessoas elas manifestam o seu lado negro de ser sua verdadeira personalidade, por que se são incapazes de assumirem seus atos em um comentario ou critica na Internet imaginem pessoalmente cara a cara com quem querem ofender .
Pessoas que não querem correr o risco de perder a sua mascara angelical a sua falsa identidade de uma pessoas legal asma de qual quer suspeita incapaz de criticar algo ou aguem.
Para todas essas pessoas só tenho a dizer sinto vergonha.
Clodomiro Ferreira de Souza Filho
Feira de Santana Ba
Estou interessada em saber quantas pessoas usa de manteremse anonimas para criticar?
Comeca a fzer de esta manera muita vezes antes em este blog. E absolumente verdad lo que dize que e uma demonstracion de inseguridada (para mim)
E como Marco Bastos “eu vi que lo que escrito ter sentido practico par ajudar talvez a la humanidade.
Percebo sua posicao.
Obrigada.
Marie-Christine
It’s obvious.
all have the middle name, like the second I
No me gusta el anonimato…no me cae nada bien.
Mismo que tenga que dicer algo na cara; prefiro ser sincero do que hipócrita; asi sigo la vida mas ligera conmigo mismo. Si gustan bien si no gusta bien tambien.
Asi es ….mejor conmigo do que no saber quien yo soy.
Acacio da Paz
MULTIPLE PERSONALITY.
Everybody have them,some of us do not give them names ,some do…
I was 100% sure that even Paulo Coelho have “other” name “here” in the “internet”and that He talk to us as one of us..it is just my imagination…it is just my idea ,why I think like that ..hmm because whole idea of life under spot lite is like life in prison…and that famous people are tired some times of being famous and they want to prove them self as a ordinary people ,as a free people..that is why they walk among us with fake names,dark glasses,big hats,tinted windows they crave anonymity some times….internet is perfect “couch” ..cheap psychiatrist…
Thank you very much for this useful article and the comments
Anonymity is a blessing and a curse. There are some of us who want to make statements about what what’s going on in the world yet who are aware that privacy and freedom of speech are a crock.. the government gathers information about our website usage from all over. For example there are many people who believe that facts are being withheld.. that stories put out about world events are untrue.. growing unrest. Given that mart i a l law is a possibility.. it’s kind of scary.
And then there are those who would insult and name call without justification or evidence. They are not willing to debate openly, they only want to hurt and poison a cause. There are groups who hire themselves out for various internet ventures.. from getting publicity to discrediting those who speak the unspeakable truth… I know a friend hired them.. They are underground and not easy to reach.. but they are like internet mercenaries.. They will of course remain anonymous or even better [for them] they will devleop false names that suggest they are one thing when they are not..
Perhaps I’m paranoid.. but I don’t think so… I feel it all around as more information surfaces.. so for me anonymity is my right and I have nothing but good intention and integrity in what I speak…
Once you cross that line,you can’t undo.You got to accept for the best and for the worst.
I dont understand why people are shying to put their name..It a great feature wherin by just posting comment you can add value to your very own website.i.e backlinks
In my imagination I think they do that because on internet they are totally different person from who they are in reality. And if they know someone who knows will read his/her comment (with their name on it) they’ll know the “other” side of them!
This is just an wild guess.