User blog comment:Sannse/Dealing with Bullying Online/@comment-128.138.165.205-20160914172813/@comment-26402117-20160915013217

Anonymity was never hardcoded into the Internet, considering the way IPs reveal extremely loose geolocation and ISP amongst other things. But the creation of forums like 4chan led to a resurgence in interest on anonymity online. There are benefits to anonymity such as ensuring user privacy, but it also facilitates attacks and general unpleasantry for the determined few.