Blogging Anonymously Hurts Your Chances
Written by WishBoNe on May 20, 2008 – 5:43 pmBlogging anonymously hurts your chances in certain contests. Perhaps in too many contests. Upon hearing the great giveaway for tickets, one would be every excited and will participate only to realise that others who have blogged about it, won the tickets in minutes by a call. Not by email as the flyer in the website had stated.
If putting a photo of a blogger on the blog means having more chances of winning contests, then where is the fairness? I could be cynical here or just plain jealous. I don’t know which. Perhaps, it was due to my negativeness for it that it hurt my chances. If that’s the case, then it isn’t ready for constructive criticism.
Heck, I could really be just jealous for all I know.
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May 21st, 2008 at 4:44 am
I guess the issue of anonymous blogging has been an issue long discussed. It’s becoming a little warfare, because fighting an “enemy” you do not know is always a dangerous thing to do. Just imagine a soldier having bullets flying around him, but he can’t see the firing position.
My take is that, whether a person is anonymous or not, does not realistically reflect the credibility as many have discussed. We are looking at so many bloggers with their pictures and personal details, but how do those translate into truthfulness? Instead, we should grow to examine such feedbacks more closely because they are less likely to comment on a subject for the sheer probability of gaining fame. They have a word, they share a suggestion, and they need no recognition even if some good is made out of it.
We are playing a very dangerous game of mishandling publicity based solely on popularity. The entertainment scene is itself a living example. That’s where you will fall harder, and more dramatically.
May 21st, 2008 at 9:44 am
@Ed
Your analogy of using warfare is something that I haven’t thought of. However, perhaps it’s due to the fact that the print media finds it easier to identify those who blog and prints it out in the papers for all to see. I find that they prefer to print bloggers with their full names, I am not sure what they are trying to achieve here.
The entertainment circle has always been a dangerous circle to be in, I’d agree.
May 21st, 2008 at 10:12 am
Guess the print media is still very traditional. Everything reported has to be backed up with full name and sometimes even NRIC and contact no. Everyone has got the behind to protect mah.
As for blogging anonymously, there shouldn’t be any setback for winning any contests. Everyone should be treated fairly shouldn’t we?
So now blogging is also known as part of an entertainment circle? Well, perhaps for those who tag themselves as being models or actors etc ba. For people like you and me, we’re just like anyone else, and just sharing our thoughts and experiences with people out there who’s interested to read.
May 21st, 2008 at 2:17 pm
@claudia
Agreed. All bloggers must submit their full names, NRIC (which I thought is supposed to be secret) and contact no. I find the NRIC portion a little excessive.
We are just out here to voice our opinions, that’s all.