Matt Esquivel

Mr. Chris Chandler

English comp 1015

Essay 1

February 23, 2015

Online Anonymity

There are many people who have been affected by online “trolling”.

Trolling is the disruption of ones beliefs or actions on a subject of matter.

Online anonymity has multiple types of behaviors that can really affect a

persons life. Social media plays a crucial role in our every day lives. Some people

rely on social media so much that they allow it to run their lives. It can only take one

troll to make a users life miserable. Although online anonymity has a lot of

negatives, it can be somewhat beneficial to users. It can allow the anonymous

person to express his or her beliefs and opinions for everyone to see. Having said

that, people don’t always use the privilege to speak anonymously. By allowing

anonymity anyone can literally write whatever the user wants without any

repercussions. Majority of the people are normally just being facetious when

commenting on blogs just to get a rise out of some people and gain attention even if

it may be negative attention.

Cyber bullying can be very dangerous and illegal for the most circumstances

poses as a threat. Threatening someone via online anonymously can still get the

user in some trouble with the law. It is still considered assault or harassment on

someone even when it is anonymous. Law enforcements have a way to track the

anonymous attacks down and hit you with some charges.

The head of the social media sites should have a higher punishable

Consequence to users who do not follow the code of conduct when it comes to

privacy terms. Social media needs to come up with a program specifically for online

bullying. The amount of attacks will decrease with better enforcement of the

policies. It will deter the trolls from making any more malicious comments online.

This could save a lot of peoples lives.

Online anonymity should be allowed as a way of privacy

to protect the users opinions to a certain extent; however, there should be

guidelines that need to be enforced so that users must follow to maintain the peace

but still express their opinion.

In conclusion, one persons thought can really affect someone whether or not

it may be true. As the amount of users grow, the social media must grow as an

organization to protect the large community.