Comments on: Anonymous Comments http://nslog.com/2007/12/27/anonymous_comments The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:36:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Erik J. Barzeski http://nslog.com/2007/12/27/anonymous_comments#comment-45077 Erik J. Barzeski Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:09:55 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/12/27/anonymous_comments#comment-45077 [quote comment="45076"]By this definition, this comes out as an "anonymous comment" since it uses a fairly unique identifier instead of my given name.[/quote] I've never had a big problem with a single pseudonym. My comment policy requires a valid email address, though, and I think that's key. People who have a single pseudonym are as non-anonymous as if you posted with your real name… so long as you have a valid email address, too. The Plaid Cow said on December 28, 2007:

By this definition, this comes out as an "anonymous comment" since it uses a fairly unique identifier instead of my given name.

I've never had a big problem with a single pseudonym. My comment policy requires a valid email address, though, and I think that's key.

People who have a single pseudonym are as non-anonymous as if you posted with your real name… so long as you have a valid email address, too.

]]> By: The Plaid Cow http://nslog.com/2007/12/27/anonymous_comments#comment-45076 The Plaid Cow Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:57:42 +0000 http://nslog.com/2007/12/27/anonymous_comments#comment-45076 By this definition, this comes out as an "anonymous comment" since it uses a fairly unique identifier instead of my given name. If you want to find out the real me, it shouldn't be too hard--just do a google search on my "name" and look at my homepage as the top entry. By this definition, this comes out as an "anonymous comment" since it uses a fairly unique identifier instead of my given name. If you want to find out the real me, it shouldn't be too hard--just do a google search on my "name" and look at my homepage as the top entry.

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