Anonymity, Accountability and Identity
From:
Ella Taylor-Smith
Date:
2007 Jun 19 10:53 UTC
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Hi,
Reading back through these posts, it's interesting to see a very good
argument for participants using pseudonyms matched by equally good
arguments for participants to be very public about their identity.
What's especially interesting is the similarity of the contexts - 2
independent local community forums. (Though I can see that they're
different under the surface!)
I'd be really interested to hear of people's experience of this
identity/anonymity question within other contexts.
For example - Local Issues Forums (UK link:
http://www.e-democracy.org/uk/) ask all participants to use their own
names. How well did this aspect cross the Atlantic?
Also, I'd be interested to hear from those of you who've been involved
in forums in particularly sensitive contexts - possibly some of the
Irish e-consultations http://www.e-consultation.org/ might have
required a specific approach.
-Ella
Ella Smith
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