| Hiku said: the only reason why someone would want no anonymity online is so they can hunt down anyone who's offensive, has a dissenting opinion/guilty of wrong think, etc in order to punish them and dissuade others from being open about what they think. It's authoritarian and will always bite you in the ass." |
Except this does not apply here.
Your argument is correct in REAL LIFE. And that's why in real life when you vote for a political candidate your vote is anonymous so that nobody can hunt you down for your vote.
But here we are anonymous to begin with. I'm sure your real name is not HIKU...
This place is a place to debate and in order to debate everybody must put forward their arguments. But if you disagree or dislike or even like something and don't explain why or don't even let others know that you did or why you did it, you are killing the very meaning of gathering in a place to debate ideas.
Here you see me disagreeing with you, explaining why and allowing you to reply cause my disagreement is not anonymous. So what now? Are you gonna hunt me down? How do you think you could even do that? Or should I just have disliked what you said (if the dislike button had been implemented) without explaining to you why or even letting you know I disagree with you? I see no point in that.
