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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Except people should always have a right to privacy and they shouldn't have to explain that to anyone. I had a friend who was stalked one time. Being able to remain anonymous even on a poll gave her a sense of control. Sure, it's nice if everyone wants to chat and whatnot, but if someone wants to remain anon, it shouldn't be looked down upon or judged. Let it be. There are many reasons to remain private.
Also, as for cheating, I used to run cover polls on my blog before a new release. I didn't even think to mark "vote only once." Well, good grief. I had people voting 20 times! So I marked "can only vote once." Next thing I knew people were writing to tell me they went to the library so they could log on there and vote again!
Not that it matters to me overmuch. The polls were in good fun. But some people do get invested in their own choices. Shrug. I don't judge that either. It's generally not going to throw things off by much and many times you can tell the votes are stacked and account for it when trying to tally the results.
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You have a right to privacy. You can join the forum without giving any personally identifying information. You can share as much or as little as you like. But once you start blabbing all over the Reading Recommendations forum about your taste in books, you can't keep a lid on that -- even if the poll is anonymous.
I have no problem with people wanting to be anonymous. I just don't understand how you can both be anonymous and express your opinions. (See @
gmw, post #40)
(Although "you" as a MobileRead account need not be associated to a specific real-world individual.)
Now I have a question for you. At what point in your misreading of my post did you decide that I don't want people to have the right to privacy?