Thoughts on the anonymous chat function of QQ groups

After the PC version of QQ was updated to version 6.3, the anonymous chat function appeared in QQ group chat.

QQ customer service explains this function as follows: Anonymous chat provides the ability to chat with an anonymous identity in the QQ group. Other members in the group will not be able to know the real sender of the anonymous message and can only view the display. Anonymous name for system matching. We hope that you can express your opinions and ideas equally in the group without being restricted by your identity, but we also hope that you can abide by national laws, regulations and moral norms, and do not post politically sensitive, pornographic, advertising and other harmful information or information in the QQ group. Spread rumors maliciously to harm others. The group owner or administrator can turn on or off the anonymous chat function in the group settings.

At first glance, this function is a good one. Users only need to click on the anonymous mode, and the system will randomly assign a username, and the user can use this username to chat in the group. , the most thoughtful thing is that even the font, font size, color, etc. will be restored to the default state.

However, judging from recent experience, I personally think that this is not a very good feature, and is even slightly useless from the perspective of solving needs.

The following is the brain supplement:

In terms of user needs:

1. There are too many people in the group, so I am embarrassed to speak. Please use your real nickname in case it makes a joke. what to do?

2. Send some messages in the group. These messages may involve advertisements or XXX. It will inevitably be embarrassing for people to know that the sender is known.

3. I have a special identity and want to communicate with friends in the group without any barriers. It is best to create a mosaic for myself.

So starting from the above needs, anonymous chat seems to solve these needs, but there is an obvious misunderstanding, that is, it only starts from the perspective of the information sender, not from the perspective of the information receiver. Starting from consideration, we only consider the needs of some users, especially the needs of speaking users.

Then in response to the above three needs, from the perspective of the information receiver, there will be several situations:

1. If the problem is discussed from the perspective of a *** colleague Generally speaking, the atmosphere formed in the group should be a healthy discussion, which is also the research direction that QQ Group should be committed to. For things like making jokes, if everyone in the group laughs at other people's opinions from the perspective of being the authority, it is not a benign atmosphere in itself and will reduce the activity of the group;

2. Sending advertisements in itself has an impact on the recipient of the message. If the recipient of the message is really interested in the content of the advertisement, he or she can know their real nickname and then chat privately, which is also beneficial to the sender. , if this advertisement has aroused a response from most people, then why should the sender hide his identity;

3. The receiver of the message tries his best to guess the identity of the sender, and guessing it may have a negative impact on the quality of the chat. There is an impact (or there is no impact). If you guess wrong, it will easily lead to misunderstanding. If you guess incorrectly, the recipient of the message will be particularly distressed. In these scenarios, the message transmission within the group will ignore the essence of communication and chat.

The above three situations will exist whether in large or small groups. Anonymous chat will reduce the activity and quality of chat in the group.

Even more, the group administrator can also set whether to turn on or off anonymous chat, so that the sender's needs are determined by the group owner.

Finally, let’s talk about some real usage scenarios:

1. Large groups of hundreds or thousands of people, no one uses anonymous chat

2. Familiar friends Circle or small team:

(1) Use anonymous chat to laugh at each other, and then guess the identity of the sender

(2) Do not use anonymous chat