Posting Comments and Anonymity
March/06/2008 Filed in: Miscellanea
I just deleted a comment posted in the "America
was not founded as a Christian nation" article.
Someone by the name of "Anonymous", posted a link
to an article about a former atheist turned
believer in God.
That linked page had nothing to do with my article about America, nor does Anonymous indicate anything about why the post was made. Anonymous doesn't indicate that it was a good article or that they read the book mentioned and it was worth looking into. They simply posted a link.
In essence Anonymous simply SPAMMED my comments page with an irrelevant comment. There are many other articles on this site that may have relevant to.
Sometimes I truly dislike the anonymity abuse on the internet. Everybody wants a voice and to be heard unless they are saying something they wouldn't say to your face, then they must have their anonymity.
An anonymous voice is a nonexistent one. If you are incapable of saying or doing something and taking credit for it, then your audience will be anonymous as well.
I don't have a problem with anonymity, my problem is the abuse of it and the unnecessary use of it. Spam exists because of anonymity.
One more thing: Anonymous, there isn't really any true anonymity on the internet. Within 30 seconds of seeing your post I knew where you posted in from. Everything leaves an address where it came from.
I do, however, want you to comment, but please keep it relevant to the article in which you're commenting.
That linked page had nothing to do with my article about America, nor does Anonymous indicate anything about why the post was made. Anonymous doesn't indicate that it was a good article or that they read the book mentioned and it was worth looking into. They simply posted a link.
In essence Anonymous simply SPAMMED my comments page with an irrelevant comment. There are many other articles on this site that may have relevant to.
Sometimes I truly dislike the anonymity abuse on the internet. Everybody wants a voice and to be heard unless they are saying something they wouldn't say to your face, then they must have their anonymity.
An anonymous voice is a nonexistent one. If you are incapable of saying or doing something and taking credit for it, then your audience will be anonymous as well.
I don't have a problem with anonymity, my problem is the abuse of it and the unnecessary use of it. Spam exists because of anonymity.
One more thing: Anonymous, there isn't really any true anonymity on the internet. Within 30 seconds of seeing your post I knew where you posted in from. Everything leaves an address where it came from.
I do, however, want you to comment, but please keep it relevant to the article in which you're commenting.
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