"Internet toilets" in China

What is an "Internet Toilet"?

In China, the term "Internet toilet" (网络厕所) refers to certain anonymous online spaces where users freely post abusive content—such as verbal harassment, personal attacks, and insults—due to the lack of accountability. These platforms have become breeding grounds for cyberbullying and online violence.

Key Characteristics of Internet Toilets

Complete Anonymity
- Users hide behind pseudonyms or temporary accounts, allowing them to post malicious remarks without consequences.
- Example: Hate comments like "xxx, why don’t you die?" or "How did your mother give birth to such trash?" are common.
Doxing and Personal Attacks
- Unlike cyberbullying targeting celebrities, attacks on ordinary individuals often involve real-time exposure of personal information, such as:
  - ID numbers
  - Home addresses
  - Birth dates
  - Private photos
  - Family details (e.g., parents’ identities)
- This information is then used as ammunition for further harassment.
Unregulated and Toxic Environment
- Due to weak moderation, these spaces encourage mob mentality, where groups gang up on victims.
- The content ranges from casual insults to organized defamation campaigns.

Is it really unregulated?

No,But In the "Internet toilet", not everything is so dangerous, sometimes it has a positive side: for example, some people have to accept morality instead of just following the law, and it also provides a platform for many people to vent their emotions.
But the negative is obvious, in addition to the personal attacks mentioned above, there are also inciting gender antagonism, racial discrimination and the like.

What are the types of internet toilets?

"quadratic element Toilets" (二次元厕):
- role-playing and fan-created works (e.g., fan fiction, fan art).
"2.5D Toilets" (2.5次元厕):
- These spaces primarily target public figures, such as celebrities, idols, or influencers, who exist in a semi-fictional realm (e.g., real people with heavily curated public personas).
"real world Toilets" (三次元厕):
- This category revolves around ordinary people in real life, where users anonymously discuss, mock, or harass individuals they know personally or encounter online (e.g., classmates, coworkers, strangers).
- Focus: Ordinary individuals (classmates, coworkers, strangers).
- Involves doxing, mocking personal lives, or sharing private details.

Users within these spaces are often referred to as "toilet friends" (厕友) or "toilet sisters" (厕妹), terms that reflect the informal and derogatory nature of these communities.

Who is most common in the Internet toilet?

Teenagers^[1]& socially idle

why? because minors are mentally immature (really?) ,and if you have a busy schedule, will you still have time to visit the internet toilet?

At the same time, it can be seen in the characteristics of the toilets mentioned below that they should be used by whom.

What are the well-known internet toilets?

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