Anonymity also lowers the barrier to contrarian attitudes that go against the zeitgeist. There are no downvotes or upvotes and if someone insults you what they

Anonymity also lowers the barrier to contrarian attitudes that go against the zeitgeist. There are no downvotes or upvotes and if someone insults you what they're insulting is a mask you put up. 4chan posters are insulated from identity attacks. So if most people want to be sheep they can and will, but it isn't an inherent property of the medium.