The MoJo Prof

Any blog or editorial comment made under a pseudonym, if it is reported on should state clearly its source as anonymous or psuedo. Sometimes in order to get a rise, or make an attempt at humor, people will rely on this alter-ego to say things that can't be said, or they would be uncomfortable with under normal circumstance. They should never be taken as credible by serious journalist. That being said, I don't mind saying there are a fair share of them I don't take as credible or serious. Also the numbers of the opinions one way or the other are too easily altered by those who use more than one name.
I use my name in conjunction with my wife's out of laziness mostly, it's never been refused as belonging to a previous subscriber, and I don't want try to remember who else I might be, leads to schizomania.

I don't use my real name because I'm supposed to be working, not blogging.

I chose VBallR because I am an avid VolleyBall playeR.

I use to pass out business cards with my phone number to military families who had loved ones deployed. Some anti-war protestors got ahold of my info; called and harassed me. They finally tired of the game and quit. Would I ever give I personal info, even my name out again? I don't think so.

I treat blogs very similar how I take the news - I believe little. I guess one could ask if the National Enquirer is a reputable source.

Blogs are mainly for fun and conversation - especially at Fox 2. There are some national level blogs that actually have a particular subject being discussed and are frequented by true specialists.

If a person doesn't want my advice then ignore what I say and if you want to prosper because of a testimonial then share the wealth!

Tommy - I like your attitude!

Not to mention "Publius" (aka Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay), author of the Federalist Papers. Most newspaper editorials are unsigned, also.
Editors, however, worry about abuse of commentary from unidentified writers. They also tend to believe that the public, like journalists, place little credibility in anonymous writings. If that is the case, why publish them?
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I use my real name. I to think some use an different name to be someone they would never be in person or to say thing's they would never say in person. Many different personality's.. Some as a privacy issue.
I too take comment's as comment not anything written in stone. I don't care what name anyone uses when writing.
But sometime's it make's me wonder who they are and are they alway's that unhappy with themselve's and their life.

I use a pseudonym for several reasons. My real name is Matt Schneider. My main reason for using a different name is because I enjoy being someone else, if only by name. I like coming up with pseudonyms.

If someone took my blog and did not cite it as being from the Fox 2 blogger Mutatis-Mutandis, I would be immensly pissed off. Really, the only way I would be pissed is if someone took my words and claimed them as thier own.

I wouldn't take blogs for much credibility. That is why most of mine our purely opinoin pieces.

I got the name Mutatis-Muatndis from a Mudvayne song, and used it because I thought it sounded cool. Turns out Mutatis Muatndis is latin for "things ebing changed that needed to be changed" or something like that, and has often been used against me to paint me as the liberal elitist I obviously am.

Sorry, Harsh words.... But.. If you think about it, Blogs do not change a thing! I love to hear everyone's perspective on issues at hand...BUT.. What is typed here is read and forgotten!!

Anyone with a computer can blog so,..I don't give it too much credit. I've had some great conversations. I've met some great people. Some, very intelligent, some give their ignorance away rather quickly. Like Danbetty said, if a blog is going to be printed or repeated in any way it should be labeled properly.

Yeah, it's more fun to use a nickname. It's not like I'm trying to hide anything. You can usually go to person's profile and find out who they are, if you need to.

My name, glasgowdug is lame but it was the first one I came up with when I first joined the Seether message board 100 years ago, back when the internets began. (I just stuck with it)

Blogging can be one of two things:

1. Reporting events and/or information as they happened (or shortly thereafter).

2. Expressing one's viewpoint on a topic.

If a person is reporting events and/or information, it would be nice to know who they are and where they get their facts from (either from an independent source or from their own experience).

If they are expressing their opinion on some topic, they do not have to identify themselves (especially if it a controversial topic).

What we bloggers, writers and readers have to do in all instances are discern whether a post is a report or an opinion. The difference is a report is factual; the opinion is speculation on the part of the writer.

BTW, I use my real name, which may be dangerous since I do take on many controversial topics from time to time!