This has been an issue of mine for some time now.  Individuals that hide behind anonymity.  I am targeting this frustration towards two groups of individuals.  Those that post articles or comments on blog sites that won’t identify themselves.  Their opinions are masked behind some random username that is only funny or makes sense to them.  The other group are individuals within an organization that won’t provide feedback in an open forum.  (This one is a bit more personal, because I’ve experienced this often at my company.  Everything has to be annonymous.

"I don't feel comfortable providing feedback if people know it was me".

Frankly this is B#LLSH#T (fill in your own vowels).  If you honestly believe in something than put your name to it.  My perspective is that these folks really don’t have conviction in their points of view, because they don’t want to associate themselves to their comments.  If you can’t stand behind your words, then your opinion doesn’t matter.  Just like you should have pride in what you do, you should have pride in what you say.  Within an organization, I can understand why people might feel this way, I don’t agree, but I can understand.  There is a lack of trust between the individual and the organization.  That’s a different topic, that I’ll address in another post.

I’m a55munch@someaddress.com and I have approved this post.

I apologize for the rant style of this post, but this just gets under my skin.  If you didn’t get it, I’m not really a55munch@someaddress.com.  I was trying to make a funny