Head on over to Science of Blogging! Sci has a new post up there as of yesterday on some of the pros and cons of pseudonymity in science blogging. The short story:
Pros:
No death threats
No harm to your research
A cute name
Cons:
No trust
Need to build up a reputation from scratch
Accusations of things like cowardice, trolling, and I don’t know what.
And as people pointed out in the comments, it’s a very thin protection indeed.
Go! Read! Discuss!
