Comments on: Anonymous Bloggers

By: Zook

Zook — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:07:13 +0000

Well I am officially convinced now and I am hereby going anonymous too – changed my on line blog ID name, even my ID picture. I know it sounds paranoid – and there are still pictures of me on there, but the more of myself I reveal as far as personality issues go, the better of an idea it becomes. Thanks for the suggestion.

By: myrna the minx

myrna the minx — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:59:55 +0000

I hope you didnt come off as a boob either since you’re our only speaking resprentative. It all depends on you–this pressure all sits on your shoulders.

Thanks for the link–I’ve been thinking about aggregating but I don’t think this area is quite ready for that yet. Not enough of a selection–some quality but not enough.

By: Scott Schrantz

Scott Schrantz — Fri, 26 May 2006 06:21:05 +0000

Yeah, I know what it’s like being just about the only contributor on a supposed “community” site. This line I heard back in November runs through my head every time I think about it: “Local Ain’t Easy“.

The reporter e-mailed me earlier this week, and although I’m deathly afraid of giving interviews for fear that I’ll come off as a complete boob, I bit the bullet and gave her a call. Hopefully I didn’t embarrass myself too much.

By: Myrna the Minx

Myrna the Minx — Fri, 26 May 2006 01:50:04 +0000

Hey Scott—When did you talk to M. of the RGJ. I told her you were one of the best local bloggers. Anyway, there are a few reasons I am anonymous, at least for now. 1. I have always been one to set up clear boundaries between say work and personal life. Its a way to retain my privacy. Blogging seemed to have the potential to blur that, and I didnt like the idea of people at work knowing what I did, thought, read, watched, in my time off. My software allows me to schedule posts so that they may appear like I’m blogging throughout the day, but that’s not the case so that’s not the motivation on my part. 2. I started off anonymous and created this character that I really like. So I’m reluctant to surrender the creative freedom I’ve found writing as that character, who is much more exciting than me. Its as much a form of creative writing now than anything elsee except for those times I slip out of character. 3. I never wanted my site to be about me, but about building a community in downtown Reno, and it just seemed like people would be more interested in tuning in to read what a fictional character, who is much cooler and funnier than I am, had to say about the city. The idea was that MTM would be almost a hostess. I was HOPING to gather more contributors to the site, but that hasn’t panned out as I’d hoped it would and so I’m stuck doing a lot more writing than I thought. To sum up, I do not cling to anonymity out of fear, but rather find that it allows me to create better content and allows me to protect my personal space.

By: p3980

p3980 — Thu, 25 May 2006 23:49:51 +0000

Even I blog under a pseudonym… hell, I comment under one!

(And, no, my first blog was back in 2000. The one my username is linked to I just started!)

By: David

David — Thu, 25 May 2006 23:45:37 +0000

Well, I am a half way anonymous blogger, although it wouldn’t be tough to figure out my full name if one tried…

Anyway, I think that people who blog behind the anonymity have their reasons. Among them I would name identity theft (although probably very difficult to do online…), not wanting to get in trouble at work if their boss sees they had posted during work hours, and maybe having the extra confidence knowing that no one that is reading their blog knows who they really are and, therefore, are able to post anything they want without having to reap the repercussion of their words (that doesn’t sound right…).

That is my two cents anyway…

Have a good one!