Comments on: Internet anonymity…isn’t always http://www.kennethhynek.net/2009/11/18/internet-anonymity-isnt-always "If it takes so many seeds to make a dandelion, we could expect a universe to be left over after making an earth." -- James Chastek Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:07:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Vinay Chaganti http://www.kennethhynek.net/2009/11/18/internet-anonymity-isnt-always/comment-page-1#comment-4847 Vinay Chaganti Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:23:15 +0000 http://www.kennethhynek.net/?p=9374#comment-4847 Hello Friend, You are absolutely correct! Anonymity needs to be respected and everybody has an equal right to it. The very fact that the comment (even if vulgar) was anonymous left a scope for the readers to assume it was an idiot, unlike a posting that would have for sure established a certain real world link between people, and identify there was something. In that sense, I will say that it was a decision (the decision to fire) was taken only with an assumption that anonymity will be unhealthy. Better if they could realize that it was just a channel to vent frustrations, also giving scope for free speech. -- Vinay Chaganti Hello Friend,

You are absolutely correct!

Anonymity needs to be respected and everybody has an equal right to it. The very fact that the comment (even if vulgar) was anonymous left a scope for the readers to assume it was an idiot, unlike a posting that would have for sure established a certain real world link between people, and identify there was something.

In that sense, I will say that it was a decision (the decision to fire) was taken only with an assumption that anonymity will be unhealthy. Better if they could realize that it was just a channel to vent frustrations, also giving scope for free speech.

– Vinay Chaganti

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