As I intend writing about blogging as part of Activity 5 of week 10 I thought it best to "activate" my own personal blog on here. I don't feel too bad about it lying dormant to this point as I have a personal OU blog that I write down my thoughts on and also run a couple of non-OU blogs, so am fairly well versed in the process of putting together blog posts on Wordpress at least.
The setup here is quite different from Wordpress of course and looking down to the bottom of the post I've decided to allow comments from anybody, whether they're logged in or not. Often by removing the identity barriers we get something closer to the truth from responders. Using anonymous identities and pseudonyms may open up the door to trolls when blogging to a wider audience but it can also allow people to speak in a voice more comfortable to them and say things they may not feel they can say when logged in as themselves.
I've also made it visible to the world so the millions of people waiting for this blog to launch can now finally read these pertinent words
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Hi Steve! The world has to wait no longer
I liked your point about allowing comments from anybody when blogging - providing for anonymity can certainly be a risk as you mention, but I can see that it can also enable those who do not feel comfortable otherwise to speak up (so to speak
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I think I read in the introduction forum that you also have completed H800 - the discussion around online identity in that module fascinated me. Especially at the beginning, I found that I would spend ages thinking about my forum posts and responses because I didn't want to be misconstrued and wanted to make the right impression!
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Hi Steve
I am using Wordpress since the last module. Your openness to sharing your ideas with the world through visibility option is a learning for me