Does anonymity encourage people to misbehave, or does it reveal how people would choose to act all the time if they could? Yes. Anonymity is a mirror of desire, but desire is a mirror of the desire of others, so things are complicated. What could be more of a guilty pleasure than slipping on the Ring of Gyges and doing all manner of nice and wondrous things for people? You would be like a good fairy or a demiurge worthy of pagan or primitive worship.