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MoonDog · 07-03-2006, 02:20 PM

Case in point:

I live in a community that has a very large public building issue looming - $145 million. Amongst the people who are against it is a man who owns/runs a local technology company. He has formed a variety of websites and forums running statements and negative issues about the project.

It just so happens that one of my family members is a member of the governmental unit proposing the project. That person, along with the rest of "management", has received a dumptruck-full of hate mail, negative comments online, and ugly calls on the local radio show.

If I wish to make any type of statement, I will need to anonymize myself to the greatest extent possible, because the person from that company may well be looking at IPs, and tracking those people who make comments supportive of the project on his websites. He has alluded to such activities in the past on his forum.

Anonymity is very, very valuable, and its value is increasing daily, IMHO.

07-03-2006, 02:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
MoonDog Psycho Location: Buffalo, New York	Case in point: I live in a community that has a very large public building issue looming - $145 million. Amongst the people who are against it is a man who owns/runs a local technology company. He has formed a variety of websites and forums running statements and negative issues about the project. It just so happens that one of my family members is a member of the governmental unit proposing the project. That person, along with the rest of "management", has received a dumptruck-full of hate mail, negative comments online, and ugly calls on the local radio show. If I wish to make any type of statement, I will need to anonymize myself to the greatest extent possible, because the person from that company may well be looking at IPs, and tracking those people who make comments supportive of the project on his websites. He has alluded to such activities in the past on his forum. Anonymity is very, very valuable, and its value is increasing daily, IMHO.