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Concerning Anonymity

Anonymous ID:gTZ+BHyQ Sat 01 Dec 02:16:18 2012 No.310235 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>310244 >>310275 >>310473

Why do we value our anonymity so much here? Privacy issues aside, why does 4chan insist on anonymity even in the most mundane discussions? Is there a reason to keep our names hidden from thread to thread when discussing matters as simple as video games?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:hS+mWjUH Sat 01 Dec 2012 02:25:43 No.310244 Report

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>>310235
Edgy paranoid niggers.

Anonymous

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Anonymous ID:vjxDo2SP Sat 01 Dec 2012 03:08:51 No.310275 Report

Quoted By: >>310297

>>310235
Because with anonymity people will respond because of what the post itself says, not because of who is saying it. It makes a much more honest discussion where everyone stands on the same ground. That is why tripfags are so loathed.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:hS+mWjUH Sat 01 Dec 2012 03:30:30 No.310297 Report

Quoted By: >>310301

>>310275
>honest discussion

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I never tell a lie ever.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:rrKvWyPT Sat 01 Dec 2012 03:34:52 No.310301 Report

Quoted By: >>310312

>>310297

That's just a necessary evil. People lie when they're identified too. In an identity-based community your post may often have low credibility based on a previous argument, making it so people can't state their real opinion without being devalued.

Personally I never gave a fuck if people don't like me on forums, but I absolutely see the merits of anonymous discussion. Also I'm a bit paranoid, so I prefer being as untraceable as possible at any time.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:hS+mWjUH Sat 01 Dec 2012 03:41:01 No.310312 Report

Quoted By: >>310320

>>310301
Then why state that it's an honest discussion? It's really not.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:rrKvWyPT Sat 01 Dec 2012 03:44:13 No.310320 Report

Quoted By: >>310336 >>310394

>>310312

Because honest doesn't have a single interpretation. I'm pretty sure the person meant honest in the way that the opinion in the post is more likely the real opinion than on a forum that used identities.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:hS+mWjUH Sat 01 Dec 2012 03:57:00 No.310336 Report

Quoted By: >>310339 >>310345 >>310648

>>310320
I doubt it. I lie all the time. I'm only ever honest, when my identity is on the line. When it's not, then I just do whatever the fuck I want. There are no rules when there are no identities.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:rrKvWyPT Sat 01 Dec 2012 03:58:27 No.310339 Report

Quoted By: >>310350

>>310336

Then you're not a quality poster are you? In which case, you are in violation of 4chan rules and should leave.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:YeDSKXh7 Sat 01 Dec 2012 04:01:20 No.310345 Report

Quoted By: >>310350

>>310336
Based on your own admission, you're lying right now, which means you're wrong.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:hS+mWjUH Sat 01 Dec 2012 04:03:54 No.310350 Report

Quoted By: >>310364

>>310339
Fuck off. Quality posting isn't why I come to 4chan.
>>310345
You're a dumb nigger.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:BC65IL/t Sat 01 Dec 2012 04:10:57 No.310364 Report

Quoted By: >>310425

>>310350
>Fuck off. Quality posting isn't why I come to 4chan.
Then why do you post here?

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:vjxDo2SP Sat 01 Dec 2012 04:22:48 No.310394 Report

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>>310320
Yup, that is what I meant. Nothing you say here will you say IRL or on Facebook because of social stigma.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:hS+mWjUH Sat 01 Dec 2012 04:39:45 No.310425 Report

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>>310364
For fun.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:1gZTQhRC Sat 01 Dec 2012 04:44:03 No.310433 Report

Quoted By: >>310438 >>310903

WIth anonymity, the discussion is pure.

There's no prejudice. Nobody has a reputation. Nobody gets "street cred" and nobody gets ignored just because they had a bad reputation for posting something stupid before.

In short, it takes out the popularity contest. How many times have you seen people kiss ass to popular members on other forums, female forum members, etc etc?

Being anonymous removes all of that.
OP, if you're asking this question legitimately, you need to fucking leave.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:hS+mWjUH Sat 01 Dec 2012 04:45:52 No.310438 Report

Quoted By: >>310441

>>310433
Reaction images allow me to maintain my prejudice.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:vjxDo2SP Sat 01 Dec 2012 04:48:50 No.310441 Report

Quoted By: >>310456

>>310438
Avatarfags are frowned upon and actually against the rules. Report them.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:hS+mWjUH Sat 01 Dec 2012 04:58:14 No.310456 Report

Quoted By: >>310461 >>310469

>>310441
They're not avatarfags. They're people posting a single reaction image. When I see a weeaboo post, I know it's a faggot with a chip on his shoulder and a love for lolicon. When I see Costanza, I know it's a faggot.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:vjxDo2SP Sat 01 Dec 2012 05:00:34 No.310461 Report

Quoted By:

>>310456
But if he wasn't anonymous, you would hold a prejudice against him everytime he posted. Now the next time you post, you won't and you will only regard the post itself.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:YeDSKXh7 Sat 01 Dec 2012 05:05:41 No.310469 Report

Quoted By: >>310495

>>310456
You're proving yourself wrong here. You're judging based on the content of that post, not their fame or previous posts.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:z+mCVal9 Sat 01 Dec 2012 05:08:18 No.310473 Report

Quoted By: >>310903

>>310235
>Why do we value our anonymity so much here?

Simple. Because as long as I'm anonymous, you can't stalk me from thread to thread and even to off sight places just for hating on a game or show you like.

You have no idea who I am, where I'm from, if I have a Facebook, how old I am, who I'm dating, or anything about me.

You cannot point out something I've said in another thread. You cannot bring up something I said in a thread 6 months ago.

This means that you must judge my post solely on its merit and the words I type.

That is why I value my anonymity.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:hS+mWjUH Sat 01 Dec 2012 05:21:46 No.310495 Report

Quoted By: >>310502

>>310469
Maybe. We'd be truly anonymous if we didn't use reaction images.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:MQrB8x2X Sat 01 Dec 2012 05:24:26 No.310502 Report

Quoted By: >>310519

>>310495
That only makes sense if someone's using the same character as a reaction image every time they react.

Most of us use a wide variety of things from all over the universe and cannot be pinned down to a specific "avatar".

It is, after all, an image site. Using images is kinda what the place is all about.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:eYe2gs/M Sat 01 Dec 2012 05:50:01 No.310519 Report

Quoted By: >>310537

>>310502
Yes, but reaction images take away from discussion. Words should be enough, and often times the image is used in place of words. It's silly.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:pnRgNXJW Sat 01 Dec 2012 05:51:17 No.310520 Report

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Because names don't matter.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:g2SZPpAF Sat 01 Dec 2012 06:06:04 No.310531 Report

Quoted By: >>310663

it's really a double edged sword. in an ongoing current discussion, any poster who is either trolling, said something very stupid or objectively false can just pretend it never happened and continue to post as if they are someone else, which i think is a bad thing. on the other hand, you can't be called out for posts you've made in previous unrelated discussions, or having things you posted on another site completely dragged out in to what is being said here and now, which i think is a good thing.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:MQrB8x2X Sat 01 Dec 2012 06:14:59 No.310537 Report

Quoted By: >>310570

>>310519
Sometimes a picture is worth 1,000 words.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:eYe2gs/M Sat 01 Dec 2012 06:42:42 No.310570 Report

Quoted By: >>310572

>>310537
Nonsense, pictures here are a dime a dozen. Reaction images are cancer.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:MQrB8x2X Sat 01 Dec 2012 06:43:36 No.310572 Report

Quoted By: >>310591

>>310570
Letters are pictures that represent sounds.

Words are your reaction image.

Words are Cancer.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:eYe2gs/M Sat 01 Dec 2012 06:50:12 No.310591 Report

Quoted By: >>310604

>>310572
Words require thought. A reaction image with some autist making a face does not.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:MQrB8x2X Sat 01 Dec 2012 06:54:54 No.310604 Report

Quoted By: >>310620

>>310591
A well thought out and creatively timed picture doesn't require thought?

Well, there goes the whole movie industry.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:zkVco54n Sat 01 Dec 2012 07:05:47 No.310620 Report

Quoted By: >>310623

>>310604
That's a terrible comparison. Original comment.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:MQrB8x2X Sat 01 Dec 2012 07:07:28 No.310623 Report

Quoted By: >>310626

>>310620
Almost all comparisons are terrible.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:zkVco54n Sat 01 Dec 2012 07:09:28 No.310626 Report

Quoted By: >>310629

>>310623
That's also a terrible excuse. Don't tell me almost all excuses are terrible either, because there's a difference between a reasonable excuse and a shitty one.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:MQrB8x2X Sat 01 Dec 2012 07:11:34 No.310629 Report

Quoted By:

>>310626
Ok ok ok ok ... you don't want images on an image sharing website.

So noted.

I'm hiding the thread now.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+uUXBkxj Sat 01 Dec 2012 07:23:01 No.310648 Report

Quoted By: >>310654

>>310336

Sounds like Reddit is your kind of place.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Xg5sqZXB Sat 01 Dec 2012 07:28:02 No.310654 Report

Quoted By: >>310678

>>310648
You make it sound like people like rules.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+uUXBkxj Sat 01 Dec 2012 07:32:11 No.310663 Report

Quoted By:

>>310531

This is why temp IDs are a good thing, perfect middle ground.

I guess /q/ has "permanent" IDs now but this is a special case.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+uUXBkxj Sat 01 Dec 2012 07:40:33 No.310678 Report

Quoted By: >>310690

>>310654

Not sure about you but I like rules when they're properly implemented & enforced and result in a better community.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Xg5sqZXB Sat 01 Dec 2012 07:44:53 No.310690 Report

Quoted By: >>310695 >>310705

>>310678
Then why are you on 4chan? The rules are only ever enforced when the mods dislike something.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:6ouOwZoW Sat 01 Dec 2012 07:46:23 No.310695 Report

Quoted By: >>310700

>>310690
>The rules are only ever enforced when the mods dislike something.
>when the mods dislike something
..Such as rule violations.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Xg5sqZXB Sat 01 Dec 2012 07:47:53 No.310700 Report

Quoted By: >>310710

>>310695
They don't seem to mind rule violations when people are posting loli, but okay.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:+uUXBkxj Sat 01 Dec 2012 07:49:35 No.310705 Report

Quoted By:

>>310690

The pros still outweigh the cons compared to other sites, otherwise I would be somewhere else.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:6ouOwZoW Sat 01 Dec 2012 07:51:02 No.310710 Report

Quoted By: >>310714

>>310700
People are banned simply for REPLYING to loli threads on certain boards.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Xg5sqZXB Sat 01 Dec 2012 07:52:29 No.310714 Report

Quoted By: >>310792

>>310710
Well apparently /v/ isn't one of those boards.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:6ouOwZoW Sat 01 Dec 2012 08:23:26 No.310792 Report

Quoted By: >>310798

>>310714
It should be.

>16 seconds
And I've been doing so well, too.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:Xg5sqZXB Sat 01 Dec 2012 08:25:05 No.310798 Report

Quoted By:

>>310792
May have just been a bad day. But /v/ seems to have a lot of bad days. I don't mind people who are into that sort of thing. I was just using it as an example of bias regarding the rules.

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:RFH5ay1q Sat 01 Dec 2012 09:57:23 No.310903 Report

Quoted By:

>>310433
>>310473
For these reasons, and because I'm a very self-conscious person in real life. On normal message boards and forums where I have an identity, I don't always feel free to be honest and say what's on my mind. I still try to be polite most of the time, but if I want to tell an idiot to fuck off, it's cathartic. When I have an identity, I worry too much about "playing nice" or being misunderstood over something stupid. I don't want to be anonymous so I can troll and go on a shitposting rampage, anonymity just lessens my inhibitions.

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