By: Kurt

Kurt — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:42:18 +0000

I can understand why some bloggers choose to remain anonymous. But I find that when I know a little bit of someone’s personal background – what kind of work they do, where they’re located, what they look like – it’s easier for me to relate to what they are saying. (One of these days I’ll get around to updating my own profile to provide some more info…)I’ve made a few comments on other blogs that I’ve had second thoughts about (but hopefully nothing that people found offensive), but they were not made anonymously. The only times I make anonymous comments are when I suspect that I’m about to say something really stupid. We all have our vanities.

By: Tyler DiPietro

Tyler DiPietro — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:12:28 +0000

I think that the nature of the internet is such that it makes manifestations of our thoughts and emotions just so much easier, removing the natural layers of filtration that usually exist in meatspace.I think a good example is when I deleted my blog, which is a decision I regret more and more every day. It seemed relieving when I first did it, and even a bit liberating. But the relief was mild and short lived. I’m diagnosed manic-depressive, and was experiencing episodic cycling during those times and couldn’t figure out what was going on. It all just felt so fragmented. So deleting my blog was probably more along the lines of satisfying a self-destructive impulse than any rational decision.Death threats can be the same way. People think it’s entirely inconsequential. I have had several events in my online life that have demonstrated to me that there are real people out there on the intertubes, but I guess most people haven’t benefited from such things.

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