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… TalentZoo, that is.

How refreshing it was to find at least one other person who feels the same as I do in regards to disguised com-
ments left on blogs.

Ragan Jones of TalentZoo and the Hiring Revolution blog has written a delicious piece entitled Anonymity and Witness Protection.

Jones says, "Nothing is worse than someone getting on their high-horse soapbox,
ranting and raving about this that or the other, only at the end of
the tirade, they refuse to give their name."

Amen.

If you frequent my blog on a regular basis, you may have read some of the charming comments left in regards to my recent writings. You’ve also probably noticed that a myriad of the comments have been made behind pseudonyms and fake e-mail addresses.

Being a critic is easy (I should know), but being critical without a return address is downright, well, you fill in the blank.

Fortunately, this technology thing is sometimes helpful in being able to track down these invisible pundits via their IP address.

After a little investigation, the bread crumbs of the most serial of my offenders burns a path to ComputerJobs.com.

Gee, a job board representative who disagrees with me. That’s odd!

This certainly doesn’t give me a face or a name, but hey, at least I know the aforementioned comments represent someone (or multiple employees) on ComputerJobs’ payroll doing the job board proud.

For your convenience, I’ve postmarked past ComputerJobs diatribes in my comments section so you can tell which is which.

For the record, I hate spending time on this anonymous comment stuff. I have things to do that are far more rewarding than trading blows on a daily basis with masked marauders. I only have 24 hrs. in a day, and God-only-knows how much time on this earth.

I don’t want to lie on my deathbed saying, "Boy, I sure had some rewarding times arguing with that cat from ComputerJobs."

In light of that, I plan on greatly reducing the time I spend on my blog comments (assuming I still get some after this). Maybe I’ll just do a weekly "Best of" or something.

From now on, if you leave a comment or have a question, suck it up and identify yourself. No guarantee I’ll reply due to time constraints, but I’ll be more likely to do so.

If an exec from CareerBuilder can post openly, then none of my haters have an excuse for incognito hit-and-runs.

It’s a give-and-take, kids. I’ll give you the openness to disagree, disrespect and disapprove. In return, I’m going to require an identity. A real identity.

Don’t like it? It’s a free country. Start your own anonymous blog and get your kicks that way. I’m sure CheesmanSucks.com is available.

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