Is it possible to have community online and remain anonymous? Grant says:
[...] anonymous comments isn’t open dialogue. It’s a monologue. Anonymous has no accountability, flesh and bone, or feelings [...] Anonymous threatens true, biblical, authentic community because anonymous doesn’t have to be accountable or ever apologize.
What say you? Currently we allow anonymous comments on this site, but we also don’t get a lot of them.
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I would only comment anonymously if I felt the person was imflammatory and unteachable, but a point needed to be made in light of other readers who may read the unbalanced viewpoint. In that case, it’s an act of my time and service, not so much a desire for community or accountability, though I mainly do the latter.
New blog commentors often feel more comfortable being anonymous. While preventing anonymous comments filters out pot shots, it also filters out readers who don’t feel comfortable registering and publishing under their real name - even when they aren’t trying to avoid accountability.