Andy Bryan had a particularly nasty string of comments recently and is thinking about how to respond:
So, what do you think? Should bloggers respond to anonymous or name-only comments? Or should bloggers limit the back-and-forth commenting to either people we know or who have a blog of their own?
I don't think that we should limit our conversation to other bloggers. That only limits the medium and discourages people from blogging themselves. But I don't respond to anonymous comments because I think that we should all be held accountable for our words. This doesn't necessarily mean requiring comment registration, but I do want to see a name in name field of a comment, such as those of frequent commentors Keith Taylor, Tom Ream, or Dark Gable.
Friday, February 16, 2007
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3 comments:
I like the back and forth, but I don't like the nasty stuff we get enough of that in the world.
I got an anonymous comment recently, that I realized the person needed to protect themselves, but then I wanted to dialogue with them, and could not.
John, I'm not a blogger but I frequent several. Part of what keeps me coming back is being able to respond and be responded to.
I would never consider anonymously commenting I want credit for my ideas and would never say something I'm ashamed of.
John:
Thank you for clarifying what is meant by "anonymous" comments (both here and at Andy's site). FWIW, I think it is cowardly to opine and not leave a name (real or pseudonym). The same manners one would expect face to face , should be the same manners when participating on someone's blog.
Respectfully,
Dark Gable
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