anonymous blogs

are they the new 'in' thing to do? Syl was telling me about her intentions of starting an anonymous blog, and then i come across Voices in Me, who is also thinking of starting an anonymous blog in order to bitch...as Syl would put it, "without fearing the consequences"!

blogging anonymously has its attraction, maybe due to the perceived 'safety' of staying anonymous over the internet. though one does wonder how anonymous one can really be on the internet...i remember reading about Torpark browser (a build of the Mozilla Firefox browser), about how it allows you to surf the net anonymously, and lo and behold, a few days later, i read a different article saying that the Torpark browser wasn't that anonymous after all...

anyway, i digress...must be due to the lack of sleep :)

back to anonymous blogging, a few things does come to mind...

how do people get to the blog to actually read it? - apart from the odd person who stumbles upon it in cyberspace

if you don't want people to read it, why blog in the first place? why not start a diary and lock it in a safe place when you're done or write emails to yourself if you want it accessible online...i don't know, why blog?
hmm, maybe it's to fulfill one's voyeuristic nature, but in reverse...having strangers stumble upon your blog and know your thoughts and yet not know who you are! heh, that's a new one isn't it, reverse voyeurism

and on that thought, maybe i should change the title of this entry to reverse voyeurism. let's all say it one more time, all together now...REVERSE VOYEURISM!

When i started writing this entry, i was going to say "no, don't write anonymous blogs" but i like this reverse voyeurism epiphany that i just got...so go ahead and write anonymous blogs.

but Syl, you will SHARE with me the adress of your 'anonymous' blog right?

one last time now...REVERSE VOYEURISM!