Comments on: Bylines (Part 2 of 2) http://jsomers.net/blog/bylines-part-2-of-2 the jsomers.net blog Fri, 11 May 2012 05:02:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Scott Ritchie http://jsomers.net/blog/bylines-part-2-of-2/comment-page-1#comment-5703 Scott Ritchie Fri, 26 Nov 2010 20:55:52 +0000 http://jsomers.net/blog/bylines-part-2-of-2#comment-5703 <p>Are you sure? If I am going to enjoy a piece more because before reading I've been told it's written by a famous author, then that information is imparting value to me (even if it isn't true!)</p> <p>Accordingly, it would seem inappropriate to force anonymity on anything which is read for entertainment. What you say makes great sense for things read for knowledge, however -- journal articles are not that different from stackexchange posts it would seem.</p> Are you sure? If I am going to enjoy a piece more because before reading I’ve been told it’s written by a famous author, then that information is imparting value to me (even if it isn’t true!)

Accordingly, it would seem inappropriate to force anonymity on anything which is read for entertainment. What you say makes great sense for things read for knowledge, however — journal articles are not that different from stackexchange posts it would seem.

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