The poet Xiang Yang also argues that online literature need not necessarily be mundane or shallow. He points out that the Internet is free of restrictions, and a writer does not have to run the gauntlet of mainstream values in order to publish, as one must do with a printed publication. This could provide young writers with more breathing space that might enable them to develop new literary concepts.
詩人向陽也曾指出，網路文學未必就是庸俗或缺乏深度，網路上沒拘束，不必經過像平面副刊一樣的主流價值篩選，或許青年朋友能因此有更寬廣的空間，藉此樹立不同於以往的文學理念，當一個「網路上的胡適」。