anonymous blogging, trolls, misogyny and ethics

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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

[timelady.livejournal.com]

Reading through the article, it seems like it's akinning posting anon to posting under a pseudonym and Ben Franklin's use of pen names to justify anon trolling. Seriously, I do have problems with people hiding behind anon to offensively slander other people/ways of life. Though without having a concrete name behind them suggests usually they're just trying to rile up the crowd and get attention. However people do use pseudonyms for good reasons, look at female authors in the past who had to publish under male names just to get their work in print since the heads of publishing companies were generally male.