anonymous blogging, trolls, misogyny and ethics

[rm]

http://ethicist.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/is-it-ok-to-blog-about-this-woman-anonymously/

Chat amongst yourselves. I'm off to save the world (er, so not really, but let's pretend, okay?)

Comments

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

I think the writer of the piece is getting two different things mixed up:

- Anonymous comment and opinion, which can be valuable and interesting.

- Libel

Now, for me to share my opinions on a political issue anonymously or under a pseudonym is one thing, but for me to say that a politician I name is a psychotic skank is libel.

Re: people posting comments anon to journalists and bloggers, that's easy to curtain. Moderate comments and don't allow anonymous commenting. Delete hate speech and libelous content. I do not take the opinions of anons seriously anyway, since they don't sign their names to things, but HI, should the blog host have told that anon blogger that she was posting libelous content against a private individual and to cease? Maybe.