Comments on: The Joy of Anonymity… http://mahesh.poudyal.org/2007/02/personal/the-joy-of-anonymity/ poudyal blog in words Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:38:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: mahesh http://mahesh.poudyal.org/2007/02/personal/the-joy-of-anonymity/comment-page-1/#comment-159 mahesh Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:14:18 +0000 http://mahesh.poudyal.org/2007/02/the-joy-of-anonymity#comment-159 I guess there are both pros and cons of anonymous blogging. But I like Rajesh's model (read about it in NepaliVoices I think!) of having two (or more) - some anonymous, some not! And Saral, you are right about feeling uncomfortable with assumed name when networking in real life, and I do think its important to keep real and virtual lives separate.... I guess there are both pros and cons of anonymous blogging. But I like Rajesh’s model (read about it in NepaliVoices I think!) of having two (or more) - some anonymous, some not!

And Saral, you are right about feeling uncomfortable with assumed name when networking in real life, and I do think its important to keep real and virtual lives separate….

]]> By: Saral Nepal http://mahesh.poudyal.org/2007/02/personal/the-joy-of-anonymity/comment-page-1/#comment-155 Saral Nepal Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:27:20 +0000 http://mahesh.poudyal.org/2007/02/the-joy-of-anonymity#comment-155 Need for anonymity is not limited to fear of prosecution or embarrassment / harrasment. As you pointed out, it brings out initimate details without compromising privacy. I don't blog about politics at all but tend to focus mainly on social and civic issues, trying as much as possible not to replace it with my personal diary. Amazing as it is, my friends are greatly influenced (not necessarily to do something) by my blog without knowing who the blogger is and I am certain it would not have been possible without anonymity. On the other hand, there is a drawback. I don't suppose I will feel comfortable to be addressed by my assumed name "Saral", esp. when it comes down to personal networking like you could have in UK or here in US among other bloggers or readers. -Saral <a href="http://sojhokura.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Sojho Kura</a> Need for anonymity is not limited to fear of prosecution or embarrassment / harrasment. As you pointed out, it brings out initimate details without compromising privacy. I don’t blog about politics at all but tend to focus mainly on social and civic issues, trying as much as possible not to replace it with my personal diary. Amazing as it is, my friends are greatly influenced (not necessarily to do something) by my blog without knowing who the blogger is and I am certain it would not have been possible without anonymity.
On the other hand, there is a drawback. I don’t suppose I will feel comfortable to be addressed by my assumed name “Saral”, esp. when it comes down to personal networking like you could have in UK or here in US among other bloggers or readers.
-Saral
Sojho Kura

]]> By: Rajesh http://mahesh.poudyal.org/2007/02/personal/the-joy-of-anonymity/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Rajesh Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:54:21 +0000 http://mahesh.poudyal.org/2007/02/the-joy-of-anonymity#comment-154 "Anonymity basically made you private even being in the most public of places - the internet. I didn't care who read my blog or even whether anybody left any comment or not" True......... there is a different kinf of fun in anonymity.... :) “Anonymity basically made you private even being in the most public of places - the internet. I didn’t care who read my blog or even whether anybody left any comment or not”

True……… there is a different kinf of fun in anonymity…. :)

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