{"id":39315,"date":"2013-04-17T12:46:17","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T17:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/?p=39315"},"modified":"2013-04-16T13:49:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T18:49:19","slug":"why-pseudonyms-in-blogging-need-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jesuscreed\/2013\/04\/17\/why-pseudonyms-in-blogging-need-monitoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Pseudonyms in Blogging Need Monitoring"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2013\/04\/16\/with-fake-name-revealed-top-rabbi-faces-heat\/?hpt=hp_t3\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>This story illustrates<\/strong><\/a> why I am nervous about pseudonyms on this blog \u2026 a person can say whatever he or she wants, misrepresenting himself or herself recklessly and with impunity, if one refuses to use one\u2019s own name.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think of pseudonyms in County Blogdom?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Atlanta (CNN)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 A top-tier rabbi and expert in Jewish law and ethics is now under the microscope for what many see as his own ethical transgressions.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Michael Broyde was outed last week for having created a fake identity that he reportedly used for about two decades.<\/p>\n<p>Broyde has long served on America\u2019s highest Modern Orthodox rabbinical court and was said to be a finalist to become the next chief rabbi of the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Just last month, he was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.emory.edu\/stories\/2013\/03\/upress_broyde_named_top_rabbi\/campus.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">named one of America\u2019s top 50 rabbis<\/a>\u00a0by Newsweek magazine. Broyde is a professor of law and religion at Atlanta\u2019s Emory University.<\/p>\n<p>Under the pseudonym Rabbi Hershel Goldwasser, Broyde cited and promoted his own work, wrote and weighed in on articles, gained membership to a rival, left-leaning rabbinic organization and engaged in otherwise privileged online conversations\u00a0by way of\u00a0its Listserv.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story illustrates why I am nervous about pseudonyms on this blog \u2026 a person can say whatever he or she wants, misrepresenting himself or herself recklessly and with impunity, if one refuses to use one\u2019s own name. What do you think of pseudonyms in County Blogdom? 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