tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post6119581799702916926..comments2024-03-28T09:14:52.110+00:00Comments on Sinclair's Musings: Identity and the BlogosphereMatthew Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948452770723874618noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-23631267628027475712007-07-28T13:15:00.000+01:002007-07-28T13:15:00.000+01:00Matt, I'm referring to this post this evening when...Matt, I'm referring to this post this evening when I write of the blogosphere. It raises important issues.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-33424477430996090322007-07-28T04:11:00.000+01:002007-07-28T04:11:00.000+01:00Having been active on the net, in one form or anot...Having been active on the net, in one form or another, since the very early days, when modems were a set of rubber cups you pressed your handset into, I simply got tired of keeping track of the shifting personas, "nicks", and identities, both those of others and my own. After a while I just said, "To Hell with it! I'll just be me!"<BR/><BR/>Another reason why I started to dislike the culture of virtual personality had to do with simply standing up for what you said. If you use your own name openly when writing, there's less temptation to say things you don't really stand for. We've all seen the so called <A HREF="http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19" REL="nofollow">"Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory"</A> in action all too many times. An open forum and anonymity can often lead even the most scrupulous person to go off on the most bonkers rants and raves. If you <B>know</B> that someone, at any time in the future, is sure to dig up what you write, you tend to put more thought into what you say.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188897242238486476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-87430774901442831742007-07-28T02:14:00.000+01:002007-07-28T02:14:00.000+01:00"Where else would a young Minnesota mother aspirin..."Where else would a young Minnesota mother aspiring to be a journalist, a British expatriate in Russia exasperated at the direction British politics is moving, a PhD student with a taste for the classics and a pressure group staffer with diverse intellectual tastes find themselves engaged in discussion?"<BR/><BR/>Nowhere!<BR/><BR/>Yours is a great blog, always well-written and engaging, even when it tackles subjects about which I know next to nothing (most notably British politics). Blogging has served us all well.Ruthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800371586600838226noreply@blogger.com