{"id":683,"date":"2008-05-01T23:45:51","date_gmt":"2008-05-02T04:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.math.columbia.edu\/~woit\/wordpress\/?p=683"},"modified":"2008-06-17T16:42:40","modified_gmt":"2008-06-17T21:42:40","slug":"anonymity-at-cosmic-variance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.math.columbia.edu\/~woit\/wordpress\/?p=683","title":{"rendered":"Anonymity at Cosmic Variance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over at Cosmic Variance<\/a>, anonymous comments personally attacking me have been posted recently by someone who identifies themselves only as “string theorist”. I’ve complained to Sean Carroll and his colleagues about their policy of allowing the comment section of their blog to be used for anonymous ad hominem attacks by physicists who are unhappy with Lee Smolin and me because of our criticism of string theory. If someone wants to argue not about science, but to complain about my behavior, I’m perfectly willing to engage in such a discussion, as long as it’s with someone who is willing to take responsibility for their own behavior.<\/p>\n

Here’s the response I received from Sean:<\/p>\n

Personally, I could not care less whether a comment is anonymous or signed. It just makes no difference to me. I understand that you feel otherwise, as you have said so over and over and over again. I will delete comments if they are vulgar or overly obnoxious, but anonymity is completely beside the point. If my co-bloggers feel differently, they are welcome to overrule me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, I guess if you want to anonymously attack, insult or slander people you disagree with about a scientific issue, Cosmic Variance is open for business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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