SocraticGadfly: Armando, anonymity and his Kos and real-world credibility

June 09, 2006

Armando, anonymity and his Kos and real-world credibility

According to Armando, he was being "outed" by one or more Kos members who were trolls about his list of corporate clients and how that affected his posts, at least potentially.

Well, since (until Armando "scrubbed" it) his Wiki bio listed some of those corporate clients, such as Shell and Wal-Mart, this would be a legitimate concern.

But, I'm wondering how much of Armando's concern wasn't the other way around -- fear that corporate clients wouldn't want his services if they knew he was a major blogger on Kos. As he hadn't gone to a smaller firm, let alone one not devoted to corporate law, I think if we paraphrase Shakespeare and say, "A dollar sign by any other name would smell just as corrupting," we can guess as to another reason behind Armando's concern for anonymity.

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