Nonsense. The self important snob forgets that the import of anonymous speech rises geometrically in proportion to the growth of big government. Those who seek to control such speech are in my humble opinion dangerous to the very foundation of free speech.
From various sites:
Last week, Tim O’Reilly, a conference promoter and book publisher who is credited with coining the term Web 2.0, began working with Jimmy Wales, creator of the communal online encyclopedia Wikipedia, to create a set of guidelines to shape online discussion and debate.
Chief among the recommendations is that bloggers consider banning anonymous comments left by visitors to their pages and be able to delete threatening or libelous comments without facing cries of censorship. (Source, here).
Take a look around, Tim. In fact, why not take a moment to check out the history of our nation's leaders? If you bothered to do so, you would know Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin both published anonymous letters for political purposes. In fact, Franklin used anonymous letters for political purposes up to his death. (Source here).
This self important but likely well meaning attempt to muzzle bloggers should cease.
