Washington Post:
Online ugliness. “If people’s full names were required—even though some might resort to aliases—it would go a long way toward cleaning up the neighborhood.” This is what happens when new-to-weblogging journalists make recommendations. One must register with a full name and valid email address. Just a name isn’t enough.
Later: WaPo, George Will, Anger is all the rage.
Comments:
This is a situation I’ve been concerned about since shortly after my own dustup back in 2000. For any given weblogger, no matter how anonymous they try to be, one can trace home addresses, phone numbers, etc. etc.
Fans of a particular website, who didn’t like my opinion(s), harrassed my clients directly, almost putting me out of business. One of the reasons I never mix my day-to-day business with this weblog.
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Yeah, well, did you see Kathy Sierra’s post? Anonymity gone way past the line.
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