Anonymity, Pseudonymity – building reputation online
This session is moderated by PalMD and Abel. Pseudonymous women-in-science bloggers are also being tapped for leadership and input (please add to the wiki!):
There are good reasons for people in science and medicine, and especially women, to remain pseudonymous online. How does one build a reputation online, how does the process differ from the formal process of the academic world, and how the two worlds interract?
Discuss:
Ideas:
1) Types of identity: real name, pseudonymity, anonymity
2) Reasons
3) Particular issues of women-in-STEM bloggers
4) Pitfalls
5) Being outed: an inevitability
6) Are there responsibilities in writing with a pseudonym?
Consider pre-reading posts on anonymity at denialism blog and Terra Sig. Abel’s combined posts can be found here under the tag, “The Pseudonymity Laboratory.”
Abel still thinks we should kick off the session with a slide featuring the final paragraph of this PhysioProf post at DrugMonkey.
Related Posts
http://scienceblogs.com/denialism/2008/10/the_ethics_of_blog_anonymity.php
