Comments on: Nee-Naw! It’s The Blog Police

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:14:18 +0000

Personally I’d like this kind of activity to be covered under whistleblowing rules – so while there is a need to demonstrate publication is in the public interest, I’d much rather hear the opinions of an anonymous person on the inside than not at all.

I shall add it to my list of policy areas to rant about!

By: Sally

Sally — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:27:38 +0000

My opinion is that bloggers have every right to remain anonymous unless what they have written could be deemed a risk to public safety, or it is in the publics best interest, etc etc.

By: David Child

David Child — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:45:52 +0000

The idea of anonymous blogging is particularly potent within the PR industry: many PRs blog anonymously for clients under an alias – any attempts to uncover that could lead to a whole host of issues.

Hopefully the media will remain level-headed in seeking to unmask bloggers – leaving many alone.

Where there is a genuine public interest or the information is defamatory then by all means blow the whistle, but where it is merely intrigue can we not simply leave well alone.

Remember Scooby Doo? The big reveal at the end was more often than not a let down – let’s hope we’re not equally disappointed when journalists unearth the real face behind our favourite blogs.