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        <title><![CDATA[there is a need for anonymity]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-351752-3527319]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Sometimes we have opinions that we can't express without fear of reprisal at our job or elsewhere. You aren't committing libel just admitting that some of the practices at your work don't make sense. Or you think something was a bad idea, think a competitor has made a great product whatever. Your employer doesn't own you during your off hours but if they knew you had some of those opinions how likely are you to get that next promotion? That is just one example. How about other things that are socially controversial but not necessarily out and out libel/racism etc? Example: I'm not prejudice but I am against affirmative action. Some of the extremists in civil rights groups will say that is the same thing and attack you for it. Anyways sometimes you have to have anonymity to get the truth out without fear of reprisal that is why voting is anonymous after all.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[MikeGall]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:18:15 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[weak argument]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[many arguments in this article can be used against anonymous commenting. for example: &quot;Tim Coles, the stations digital sales manager, said people dont come to the site specifically to comment, but then react to the news of the day, which can sometimes produce emotional responses.&quot; illustrates what's wrong with news media in america today, mainly the focus on &quot;emotional responses&quot;. if making people take responsibility for what they say in a public forum causes them to think before posting can only make people more 'rational'  and any social force that engenders more rational thought is a goal worth striving for.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NOOKANYC]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:11:58 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[anonaminity]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It would be really great if all the comment sites just spat out anything that is signed in as anonymous.  If you can't put your name (or even a fictitiousone) to it then does it really have substance?.  I use an expert (MagicBuz) to do my social media marketing and if they used anonymous people who didn't exist the research that they have collected for me would not have any validity.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[socialviral fan]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:38:11 -0800</pubDate>
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