Comments on: The importance of identity in online communities http://www.jurecuhalev.com/blog/2009/02/21/the-importance-of-identity-in-online-communities/ In pursuit of The Idea Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:07:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: david coxon http://www.jurecuhalev.com/blog/2009/02/21/the-importance-of-identity-in-online-communities/comment-page-1/#comment-18419 david coxon Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:56:03 +0000 http://www.jurecuhalev.com/blog/?p=862#comment-18419 Sounds like an interesting experiment, although i guess in some ways the results will depend on the nature of the questions, that is to say some subjects need more anonaminity that others. It is also much harder to create communities when there is no identity, i often spend more time answering a question to someone i know than someone i don't and adice i give is often based on understanding friends situations after long aquantances.<br> <br>it is a useful think for web masters to think about are there some projects where the extra effort of extreme moderation is worth it to get some real unbiased insites into what people are really thinking.<br>it would be perhaps a little braver that i could be with mysites though lol. Sounds like an interesting experiment, although i guess in some ways the results will depend on the nature of the questions, that is to say some subjects need more anonaminity that others. It is also much harder to create communities when there is no identity, i often spend more time answering a question to someone i know than someone i don't and adice i give is often based on understanding friends situations after long aquantances.

it is a useful think for web masters to think about are there some projects where the extra effort of extreme moderation is worth it to get some real unbiased insites into what people are really thinking.
it would be perhaps a little braver that i could be with mysites though lol.

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