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Anonymous Online Publication - Fad or Trend?
An anonymous reader asks: "Across the web, stories abound regarding censorship and persecution of those who publish content online that may be offensive or conflicting toward certain governments or ideals. It almost seems that you can't attach your name to anything without being heavily scrutinized for the opinions you express. Lately though, I've begun to see several communities that promote an atmosphere of anonymity to protect their users and facilitate open communication on tough subjects. PostSecret is one of the most popular of these sites, allowing a one-way publication medium for visitors to vent their frustrations, similar to Group Hug. However, both of these sites are one-way mediums, and do not provide for anonymous interaction of users. Is anonymous blogging and publication a brief fad, or a serious, growing trend?"
"One rare example I've found that allows a truly open anonymous mode of communication (dissimilar to Slashdot's own automatic demotion of 'Anonymous Cowards'), is the Teen Angst Central, or Tangst. Operated by a group of high schoolers and hosted by Google's Blogger service, its editors publish posts made anonymously by visitors, with comments and discussion made to the site sprouting from a community bonded by anonymity. I think this concept can easily be applied to other aspects of online society, though I have yet to see many examples beyond the simple angst-driven outpouring of feelings."
On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog...
PepperHacks - Hacking the Pepper Pad
...soon to be crushed beneath the jackboots of the Department of Homeland Security.
With spending like this, exactly what are "conservatives" conserving?
Oh, wait...
Actually, nowadays, not only do they know that you're a dog, but they know
* What kind of cats you chase
* Where you like to sniff butts
* What kind of dog food you like
* etc...
General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
...And they had an army. If I had an army, or even 200 people that agreed with me (and I knew it), I'd openly say whatever I wanted.
There is also a difference between SAYING something and DOING something. The Declaration of Independence was an act, it would be absolutely useless to have said:
"Dear England;
Someone, somewhere in the world, has officially declared independence from you, but they are refusing to come forward.
There is a strone likelyhood you will never know who did, ether.
Best regards,
-Anonymous Coward."
Great Intellect...
. . . you still wouldn't be able to tell whether I was reading the Anarchist's Cookbook or the Betty Crocker Cookbook via Freenet.
Dude, you should read the Betty Crocker Anarchist's Cookbook. The exploding cupcakes on page 42 are to die for!!
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
Dude! Give us a link!