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Anonymity - Do the pros outweigh the cons? | SU Comments — Sat, 17 May 2008 23:44:49 +0000

Anonymity - Do the pros outweigh the cons?

I’ve been thinking about an article Allan Cockerill wrote a couple weeks ago, about anonymity on the web.

By: Allan

Allan — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:45:43 +0000

That’s me, timely!

Glad you enjoyed the post, and more importantly, that it helped!

Cheers Ange!

By: Ange Recchia

Ange Recchia — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:46:05 +0000

A timely post for me Allan. I have always been upfront in this Web 2.0 game and find it necessary to do so in order to build relationships and being recognized on the various social networks. I’m starting up a new site and was not going to reveal myself only because it is so different to what I currently do, but in order to build trust with potential clients, I feel it necessary to do so, so thank you for this article.

Cheers

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By: Allan

Allan — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:37:53 +0000

G’day Mari,

Thanks for visiting! I visited a blog before I wrote this, and that visit brought this post together.

There was some excellent content there, but for some reason the writer didn’t identify him/herself in any way, no name, no photo.

Hardly the way to build trust, and relationship!

Cheers!

By: Mari Smith

Mari Smith — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:20:17 +0000

Excellent post, Allan! Thanks for the props. Online identities and images is sure a *hot* topic right now! I just updated my own post with a link to Dr. BJ Fogg’s great post all about profile pics too.

I do think privacy is critical. However, if someone can’t reveal their real name or photo, they should consider playing in a different sandbox… as Web 2.0 is all about the relationships and the conversations. And I for one don’t care to have relationships with cartoons or pseudonyms.

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