It’s too soon to say, but I probably should have mentioned that the MLA Task Force on Social Networking Software has a new blog, and that the members have begun posting. I have to admit to being taken aback by their post today, a link to and small comment on Walt Crawford’s article, “Security, Naïveté, and the Limits of Pseudonymity,” in which he argues that people who blog under a psuedonym (i.e., me) are not being realistic that they won’t get caught out. If he can figure out who the Annoyed Librarian is, more power to him! I’ve seen nary a clue.
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I am a medical librarian who was highly amused by the comic I swiped the name of this blog from.
Oh yeah, and though my cats like tuna, I loathe it.
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T Scott // August 27, 2007 at 9:18 pm
Pseudonymity can be preserved… but the longer you blog, the more clues you leave. AL never breaks character, but that requires a particular type of discipline. Walt’s post is just a reminder that if you’re going to go that route, you need to pay particular attention to everything that you say.
walt crawford // August 28, 2007 at 8:35 am
What Tom just said. You can certainly remain pseudonymous–but I’ve seen enough cases of unintentional self-identification for it to make a good column (which I didn’t realize was online).
As for AL…well, I’ll never tell.
tunaiskewl // August 28, 2007 at 5:33 pm
This is the problem with blogging before you have dinner–you write stupid stuff you only half mean in your rush to get to life-giving food.
I thought it was a very good article–the Annoyed Librarian is just a master at not giving hints. I mostly just thought it was an interesting way to get that blog started–I think it’s going to be a good one!