Chen Pai-lin believes this egalitarianism is actually "an equality that passes through many customs barriers." Although one can use Chinese to input messages into electronic bulletin boards, it is still necessary to issue commands in English and computer languages.
政大新聞系副教授陳百齡認為這樣的平等，其實是「經過層層關卡的平等」，雖然電子佈告欄可以用中文輸入，但還是要略通英文指令和電腦語言。