Anonyblog

SOME PEOPLE ARE NEVER SATISFIED

It seems that no matter what steps are taken it is just not good enough for some.
Recently Anonyblog has taken measures to keep unsavory entries from being posted.
Unfortunately this is not enough for the right wing conservatives. Clearly these people are envious. These people cannot stand the fact that the Admin of this site did not ban Kody/Indy/Vapor entries. Obviously these whiners have no writing abilities and are envious of others who do. I can only hope that Anonyblog will survive the attacks from these misguided individuals. It is absolutely wrong for an individual to ask for the site to be shut down simply because this person does not agree with site content.
This brings me to an article that I read which was a review of Anonyblog. The following is an opinionated article veiled as a review of Anonyblog..................

Lindsey Russell posted this article on the AssociatedContent web-site:
Back in the spring of 2005, I began using the "Stumble" extension of FireFox. As a result, I "stumbled" across Anonyblog.com. At that time, there were a lot of thought-provoking anonymous posts that generated spirited discussion on a wide-range of topics. However, as the months wore on, it became painfully clear that the anonymous blog concept doesn't work, and that a couple of bad apples can spoil the whole bunch.

During this time period, several individuals would change the password to the blog for days at a time, making it inaccessible to the rest of us. Shortly after, a couple of characters began to regularly show up on the site - Kody Bear and Indy. These characters use foul language, post pornographic pictures (even though they are normally removed very shortly thereafter by admin, the damage is done), and are generally offensive. As a result, I would never allow children to access the site.

As time wore on and people became more and more fed up with these characters trying to destroy the site, new vigil-ante characters such as post-deleter made there way onto the anonyblog scene. This only made things much worse. In fact, for a while, anonyblog was in danger of being shutdown permanently. In the end, Kody Bear and Indy have somewhat cleaned up their act. However, there is now nothing of interest on the website - and I would not recommend the site to anyone.

It is a sad commentary on anonymous blogs that these two fictional characters - vile and disgusting as they are - were able to drive all of the truly interested posters and readers (such as myself) from the site. It is sad that setting up an anonymous blog, you take the chance that you will get someone posting disgusting language and/or inappropriate pictures - even if you post strict rules and monitor the site constantly. Quite honestly, it is just too much for a single moderator. While the anonymous blog concept is a good one, it is always at risk of being taken over by trolls such as Kody Bear and Indy. It is sad that there are people out there simply trying to ruin a good thing.

For those still interested in the anonymous blog, I'd recommend reading Post Secrets. This wonderful art experiment has now spawned books and presentations. There are new secrets posted every Sunday. It isn't exactly an anonymous blog, but it is the closest thing to it without having to deal with the issue of trolls. Unfortunately, not all of the postcards make the blog. Also, old post are not kept from week to week. However, they secrets people share are very personal and universal at the same time. It is something that you have to experience for yourself.

If you take away anything from this article, it is that you need to be careful in selecting internet content for your children -even older ones. While I would have believed that this site would have been appropriate for teenagers when I first started reading it, I changed my mind once Kody Bear and Indy started posting extremely disturbing pictures and posts. They like to hide behind free speech, but some things are just not appropriate for everyone. End of article.
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Let it be known that Lindsey Russell is an outspoken former contributer to Anonyblog. You can read some of her work by searching her name on the site search. Many of her entries are anonymous and were made during the hight of the recent war of words between the "Klan" and the "Anti-Klan" in the fall of 2006. If you remember the Admin gave the site a "Time-Out" at the escalation point of this incident. During the afore mentioned War of Words she wrongfully accused individuals of entering posts that were against the rules.

She has many entries on AssociatedContent. I implore you to visit this web-site and read her work. Many if not all of her many writings are one sided and opinionated. It looks like Lindsey Russell believes in quantity not quality.

I will let you draw your own opinions.

I just thought that I would bring this article to the attention of all Anonyblog readers. I urge you to leave a comment at AssociatedContent under this article.

Thanks for your time,

Master Chef Vapor

P.S. I take no responsibility for the improper spelling and grammar in the article written by Lindsey Russell which I cut and pasted from the AssociatedContent web-site.

Posted by anonymous at January 31, 2007 2:31 PM