I normally ignore emails soliciting linkage because, after all, the first rule of blogging is that you earn links, you don't ask for them.  However, I'm giving this one a little attention.

There is a new blog (unfortunately a Blogger blog.  People, please - Blogger sucks) called BlogAnon - "Where Bloggers Come To Blog Anonymously."  Anyone is allowed to log in and post under an anonymous account.  I think this could actually be a great idea.  I stress "could."  If you've read my blog (you are right now, in fact), you probably know that I like to rant.  I will bitch and complain to my heart's content, but there are sometimes where I might want to bitch and complain without attaching those words to my identity.  After all, you can't erase what's said in cyberspace (did I just say cyberspace? WTF is wrong with me).  In that sense, I think BlogAnon could be a great outlet for bloggers to step away from their identity and just let loose.  Honestly, though, I would never do it.  I stand by the principle that you should always attach your name, even if a pseudonym, to your words.

As a reader it could also be interesting.  We're all obviously voyeuristic, and I really do enjoy a snarky little vignette about your lousy roommate if well written.  However, I do *not* want to read about how you were molested by your uncle - that's between you and your therapist.  I'm trying to dull the boredom of work, not sink myself into depression.  Even though I appreciate the uncensored use of the site, I also appreciate screening content for appropriateness.  And if we've learned anything from Craig's List Rants and Raves, it's that if you give people an audience and anonimity, all you get back is a bunch of morons spewing racial epithets at each other.

Well, anyway, there it is - it will be interesting to see if it works out.