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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber
If an author wants their name attached to the piece, they can put it in. I'm just giving the logic behind defaulting to anonymity. I would think you could draw credibility from the fact that it's being published on here. I know Foss, he won't publish something that isn't adequately researched or an opinion by someone who he trusts.
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While that is all true, you don't see any news source, magazine, online newspaper, etc. have the default be anonymous authors. I guess it is really just my opinion but I really don't see much logic in having the default be anonymity. The first thing that popped into my head after reading the first article I went to was, who wrote this? In my head it automatically didn't hold as much value because I didn't know who wrote it.
Of course Foss will only publish quality articles, sometimes (often IMO) it is good to see who wrote it to be able to think about the perspective they came from when writing it, not just credibility and accountability (although those are important as well).
Anyway, the site is fantastic. We immediately thought of it as kind of an online version of the design books that were made in '06 and '07, except the site has even more information about other things. Great job guys.
-Nick