waters?Anonymous Anti-Palin Blogger ‘Outed’ by Lawmaker: Dawn Teo of the Huffington Post discusses the outing of Alaska Muckraker, aka AKM. In the process Teo makes some interesting points about anonymous blogging, which has been a hot topic
This article appears in Tale of Two Theaters.
That was a good piece and so were several of the comments.
When someone makes an accusation anonymously, I tend to eye it a little more suspiciously than if I know who made the comment or created the blog. I think that is fair.
Having said that, I think being anonymous is essential for some people, and many anonymous bloggers and commenters are excellent! And I know I would never have had the courage to start blogging if I hadn’t been able to drag around a security blanket of secrecy first.