Ray brought up a good point:
I think some people may opt for anonymity because it's not apparent that one can display a name without an URL. From what I've seen, you can do that, but it's not obvious.
You don't need a blogger account or an email address, and you don't need to connect any web address to a name, just select "other", and write in whatever name you like use on the Net.
Unlike Facebook, I don't insist on your "real" name, it does not matter one bit. The point is just to have handles and avoid the confusion of a bunch of anons.
By the way, you can make a blogger account (or google account) without having a blog. This gives the advantage that if you are taking part in a discussion, you can get emailed (if you select it) when new comments appear in that thread.
Naw, people don't want names assigned to them when they are bustin' your hump.
ReplyDeleteSome people who are new don't realize the legacy of the Anonymous commenters, and don't realize they will be associated with them.
ReplyDelete"The legacy of the Anonymous commenters", sounds like a tagline for a videogame.
ReplyDeleteAh, no wait, that was "Jak and Daxter, the Precursors' Legacy". The very first game in an excellent series.
Although nobody ever really who these Precursor ancestors were, either... :-)
Well, I use the service of myopenid.com, for example...
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