Comments on: Pseudonymous and anonymous identities on the interent

By: One of many anonomi

One of many anonomi — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:42:38 +0000

Posting while intoxicated and not using a spell checker is a bad combination.

By: Russell

Russell — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:53:06 +0000

While I understand that there are good reasons for using pseudonyms, my suspicion is that those reasons lag far, far behind the popularity. And they’re generally less effective than people think. Keeping a secret while posting on the internet is much like holding contraband while appearing in court. It can be done, but depending on it working out is very much a mistake.

Most people who want to be controversial won’t quite hit the mark.

Those who want to hide their foolishness mostly fool themselves.

I’m happy for the mechanisms to be there. I don’t plan on revealing anyone’s identity. But some of this needs a dash of cold water.

By: bks

bks — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:43:23 +0000

Not as much fun as the Herman Cain v. Rick Perry death match. I have to say that “Hoggle”‘s blog has a certain flair, but I’m certain that y’all have good reason to dislike him. This is a continuation of “Elevatorgate”? Wow! More proof that everyone is thinking about sex pretty much all the time. And it makes sense: People who don’t think about sex are less likely to leave offspring, so it’s a trait that will be strongly reinforced.

–bks