Well, some of us would lose our jobs if we were exposed, but that's an argument for some other time. My chief beef with Richert's opinion is that he confuses commenters with bloggers. Folks who leave some comment under a fake name on a blog aren't bloggers. Bloggers maintain a blog. Udapimp, for example since s/he is referred to by Richert, doesn't have a blog that I know of, is not a blogger. Leaving comments is not the same as blogging. Anonymous commenters can be bomb throwers, kind of like a drive-by shooting. They [a few of them, not all] pop up and post some angry comment and move on, leaving no trail. We semi-anonymous bloggers might throw a bomb, but we have a more substantial presence by which Richert can tell "where [we're] coming from." Just read our blogs/IdaBlue. More here.

Question: Why did you choose to be anonymous?