Comments on: Who killed Dead 2.0? It’s a mystery http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/26/who-killed-dead-20-its-a-mystery/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:48:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » Countdown on the Masked Apple Employee http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/26/who-killed-dead-20-its-a-mystery/#comment-63954 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » Countdown on the Masked Apple Employee Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:59:39 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/26/who-killed-dead-20-its-a-mystery/#comment-63954 [...] The Unofficial Apple Weblog posts on the Masked Blogger, an anonymous Apple employee who is now blogging, in spite of Apple’s well-known antipathy towards transparency. The obvious question is, in the age of the unmasking of Dead 2.0 and the Anonymous Lawyer, how long can the anonymity - and the Masked Blogger’s employment - last? Related Posts [...] [...] The Unofficial Apple Weblog posts on the Masked Blogger, an anonymous Apple employee who is now blogging, in spite of Apple’s well-known antipathy towards transparency. The obvious question is, in the age of the unmasking of Dead 2.0 and the Anonymous Lawyer, how long can the anonymity - and the Masked Blogger’s employment - last? Related Posts [...]

]]> By: TecHKnow : Live & Let Die http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/26/who-killed-dead-20-its-a-mystery/#comment-61126 TecHKnow : Live & Let Die Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:45:27 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/26/who-killed-dead-20-its-a-mystery/#comment-61126 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Live & Let Die By: Samantha Freeman-AtwoodA little over a week ago, Mark Evans posted a blog entitled “Should Dead 2.0 be outed?” Mark was writing about Nik Cubrilovic who, apparently through some heavy sleuthing, discovered the identity of the ever popular anonymous blogger “skeptic,” who posts on Dead 2.0 (which, ironically, is now a dead link).There's now a lot of speculation as to what happened to the site - which is now password protected.The question is, who really cares about the identity of Dead 2.0? Will it actually have any effect on your life if you found out who Dead 2.0 is? And if we do find out the name of the blog in question, won’t it shroud our minds with preconceived notions of him that would take away from the content of the blog?This harkens back to our need to categorize everything so as to better understand it. If something doesn’t have a name and therefore fit in to a category, then it can’t be understood (and hence judged), based on the inherent or assigned qualities that make it fit into the category in the first place (a good friend of mine always gets great responses when she tells people she’s an embalmer). There are people every day on the web who fool others with their made up identities. How about the scanners and spammers? They pose as someone they would rather be, or someone who they want you think they are and do a lot more damage than Dead 2.0. Skeptic’s secret identity is a secret for a reason, so that he can express ideas without the judgments that come with knowing who he is, knowing where he works, lives and plays.Are we not more than our names, more than what we do, where we live, and the people we’re married to? I’m with Nik when it comes to not divulging Dead 2.0’s name because thus far, his postings have been harmless intellectual and cynical rantings.Last I checked the Dead 2.0 poll had an overwhelming 64 percent NO vote in response to his question, “Does who I am really matter?” Obviously I’m not alone in thinking that liberal speech doesn’t have to come with an identity tag. Samantha Freeman-Atwood is an Assistant Consultant with Hill & Knowlton Canada's Technology Communications Practice. She joined the company in 2006. Published 04 October 2006 11:02 by Darren Leroux TrackBack URL for this post:http://blogs.hillandknowlton.com/blogs/trackback.aspx?PostID=4883 [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Live & Let Die By: Samantha Freeman-AtwoodA little over a week ago, Mark Evans posted a blog entitled “Should Dead 2.0 be outed?” Mark was writing about Nik Cubrilovic who, apparently through some heavy sleuthing, discovered the identity of the ever popular anonymous blogger “skeptic,” who posts on Dead 2.0 (which, ironically, is now a dead link).There’s now a lot of speculation as to what happened to the site - which is now password protected.The question is, who really cares about the identity of Dead 2.0? Will it actually have any effect on your life if you found out who Dead 2.0 is? And if we do find out the name of the blog in question, won’t it shroud our minds with preconceived notions of him that would take away from the content of the blog?This harkens back to our need to categorize everything so as to better understand it. If something doesn’t have a name and therefore fit in to a category, then it can’t be understood (and hence judged), based on the inherent or assigned qualities that make it fit into the category in the first place (a good friend of mine always gets great responses when she tells people she’s an embalmer). There are people every day on the web who fool others with their made up identities. How about the scanners and spammers? They pose as someone they would rather be, or someone who they want you think they are and do a lot more damage than Dead 2.0. Skeptic’s secret identity is a secret for a reason, so that he can express ideas without the judgments that come with knowing who he is, knowing where he works, lives and plays.Are we not more than our names, more than what we do, where we live, and the people we’re married to? I’m with Nik when it comes to not divulging Dead 2.0’s name because thus far, his postings have been harmless intellectual and cynical rantings.Last I checked the Dead 2.0 poll had an overwhelming 64 percent NO vote in response to his question, “Does who I am really matter?” Obviously I’m not alone in thinking that liberal speech doesn’t have to come with an identity tag. Samantha Freeman-Atwood is an Assistant Consultant with Hill & Knowlton Canada’s Technology Communications Practice. She joined the company in 2006. Published 04 October 2006 11:02 by Darren Leroux TrackBack URL for this post:http://blogs.hillandknowlton.com/blogs/trackback.aspx?PostID=4883 [...]

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/26/who-killed-dead-20-its-a-mystery/#comment-57529 Mathew Ingram Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:47:59 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/26/who-killed-dead-20-its-a-mystery/#comment-57529 Good point, Stu. Flocksucks was one of the first. Good point, Stu. Flocksucks was one of the first.

]]> By: Stu http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/26/who-killed-dead-20-its-a-mystery/#comment-57432 Stu Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:10:38 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/26/who-killed-dead-20-its-a-mystery/#comment-57432 Was an all right site, he did get a bit soft, but I think that's only natural. I'm wondering if he'll take this as an opportunity to disappear after his semi-outing. I'd rather he stuck around, Web 2.0 anti-hypers like me always could use a good site like that. But, I've gotta take issue with one of his recent commenters, who thanked him for having the first such anti-web 2.0 -- they missed a good one with the old Go Flock Yourself (flocksucks). Was an all right site, he did get a bit soft, but I think that’s only natural. I’m wondering if he’ll take this as an opportunity to disappear after his semi-outing.

I’d rather he stuck around, Web 2.0 anti-hypers like me always could use a good site like that. But, I’ve gotta take issue with one of his recent commenters, who thanked him for having the first such anti-web 2.0 — they missed a good one with the old Go Flock Yourself (flocksucks).

]]> By: Jeremy Wright http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/26/who-killed-dead-20-its-a-mystery/#comment-55781 Jeremy Wright Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:48:21 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/09/26/who-killed-dead-20-its-a-mystery/#comment-55781 It's just bandwidth (I'm sure he won't mind me saying). On his future in blogging, I'll let him explain that. However no mystery here :) It’s just bandwidth (I’m sure he won’t mind me saying). On his future in blogging, I’ll let him explain that. However no mystery here :)

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