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April 01, 2004
Got an interesting email message
Someone just wrote me, and based on his message I will keep him anonymous, but he had an interesting comment about how UThink is set up:
"Part of the pleasure and excitement of personal publishing is that you have some control over revealing your identity to your readers. The way Uthink is set up, it seems impossible to change the name of the directory from my university internet id."
He's right. Much like OIT's Web Hotel space, your initial directory in UThink is always your Internet ID. What do people think about that? Is the lack of privacy troublesome? If you look at some of the most famous bloggers out there -- Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit), Jason Kottke (kottke.org), Mark Pilgrim (Dive into Mark), James Lileks (The Bleat) -- we always know who they are. Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone had an opinion. Personally, I don't mind people knowing who is doing the writing on the Greet Machine, but could it possibly stop me from sharing my true opinion about some issues? Possibly.
Posted by snackeru at April 1, 2004 12:15 PM | UThink
