Monday, June 15, 2009

AN OPEN LETTER TO ANONYMOUS

Dear Anonymous,

We love to hear from you hear at the good doctor, but the Grain and the Soup have both decided that there shall be no anonymous comments posted, no matter how on point or pithy, since it is TOO easy to hide behind, and people occasionally get a little too carried away when they are hiding behind complete anonymity. This is the posted policy herein, ( please glance to your right and see the first entry there.)

So I implore you, dear readers and commenters, please pick a name, any name, so long as it is not anonymous.

Specifically you, anonymous commenter to materialism, we liked the comment and want to share your pearl of wisdom with the rest of the greunkern community. So just resend it, just pick a name first.

This post really does not need any comments to it, but know just writing this shall cause a flurry of comments, mostly from you ornery people. ( now I REALLY did it!)

3 comments:

Rachel said...

I believe in your right to determine any rules you would like on your own blog. But truly what is the actual difference between posting anonymously or using a pseudonym that you would not be able to figure out who posted? You can even repost the comment you are considering yourself (under a false name) and noone could claim plagiarism and still remain anonymous.

Doctor Uhberschnitzel said...

Good point Rachel...

You can't even figure out who those are that are following you!

FBB said...

The real issue with "Anonymous," is that you don't know if they're all the same. Granted, you can pick a new name each time you post a comment, but what if you end up with 3 anonymi in one comment section?!?!?!