Why don’t most commenters here use their real names? - Akron, OH - The Suburbanite

Why don’t most commenters here use their real names?

Print
By Pat Cunningham

The vast majority of the tens of thousands of comments published here over the past five years have come from people using pseudonyms, which strikes me as cowardly.

It’s even wimpier than using a fake name in a call to a talk-radio show. On radio, you run the risk, however slim, that your voice will be recognized. But there are virtually no unintended hints to one’s identity in a comment submitted to a blog. There’s not even evidence of the state or town in which you live — at least not that other readers can see. (I’m able to trace ...

Read more


Marketplace
Classifieds
Find Akron jobs
Homes
Cars
Communities
Coventry
Green
Hartville
Jackson
Lake
Lakemore
Manchester
Springfield
Special Sections
Next Fifty
Green Progress