tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272200451275846156.post741030824597992385..comments2023-09-25T04:28:48.884-07:00Comments on a place in the universe: before I tell you what I've been thinking, you should know that I've already changed my mindAlicia Eggerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00060819964278373115noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272200451275846156.post-84641056571942406332009-09-30T09:33:34.018-07:002009-09-30T09:33:34.018-07:00Thanks for that response. I guess I hadn't eve...Thanks for that response. I guess I hadn't even made the connection to internet culture until you mentioned it. I definitely have friends that have blogs that they don't attach their names to, and one of them is also a writer like yourself. <br /><br />Perhaps people are just afraid to put themselves out there? Pseudonyms! Perhaps it stems all the way back to when authors began using pen names, concealing their real identities like Samuel Clemens did by calling himself Mark Twain...<br /><br />Ha! I was just about to publish this comment when I glanced down and noticed that the first thing I have to do is "choose an identity"!Alicia Eggerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060819964278373115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7272200451275846156.post-62524043509327470192009-09-30T09:04:15.389-07:002009-09-30T09:04:15.389-07:00I have two theories-
1.Anonymity is appealing to p...I have two theories-<br />1.Anonymity is appealing to people who have adopted and embraced the internet culture.<br />You can post, find, say what you want without 99.9% of the people who read it actually knowing you.<br />I have several friends who have one *social* page for their friends and family and then another for their friends, or just online friends.<br />They do not want to be honest. With themselves or others for whatever deep psychological reason.<br /><br />2. People have the God syndrome that they choose who they invite into their lives to be friends.<br />I have noticed over the last couple of years that common courtousy is almost gone, so is common sense. It is really sad.lotsofgluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08224206303391837426noreply@blogger.com